Title: Figures of thought
First published: 1995
Description: Figures of Thought looks at ways in which mathematical works can be read as texts and demonstrates that such readings provide a rich source of philosophical issues relating to mathematics; issues which are directly relevant to working mathematicians and which traditional approaches to the history and philosophy of mathematics have largely ignored.
Subjects: Mathematics, Mathematical literature, Philosophy, History, Mathematics, philosophy, Mathematics, history, Mathématiques, Philosophie, Histoire, Documentation, History & Philosophy
LC classification: QA8.4 .R44 1995