Philosophia Mathematica

Articles

John W. Dawson, Jr

Why Do Mathematicians Re-prove Theorems?
Philosophia Mathematica Advance Access published on June 9, 2006
Philosophia Mathematica 2006 14: 269-286; doi:10.1093/philmat/nkl009 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ladislav Kvasz

The History of Algebra and the Development of the Form of its Language
Philosophia Mathematica Advance Access published on January 23, 2006
Philosophia Mathematica 2006 14: 287-317; doi:10.1093/philmat/nkj017 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Chihara Charles

Burgess's ‘Scientific’ Arguments for the Existence of Mathematical Objects
Philosophia Mathematica Advance Access published on July 1, 2006
Philosophia Mathematica 2006 14: 318-337; doi:10.1093/philmat/nkl005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Critical Studies/Book Reviews

Øystein Linnebo

Mending the Master: JOHN P. BURGESS, Fixing Frege. Princeton, N. J.: Princeton University Press, 2005. ISBN 0-691-12231-8. Pp. xii + 257.
Philosophia Mathematica Advance Access published on July 1, 2006
Philosophia Mathematica 2006 14: 338-400; doi:10.1093/philmat/nkl012 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ali Behboud

STEVE RUSS. The Mathematical Works of Bernard Bolzano. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004. Pp. xxx + 698. ISBN 0-19-853930-4.
Philosophia Mathematica Advance Access published on July 1, 2006
Philosophia Mathematica 2006 14: 352-362; doi:10.1093/philmat/nkl013 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

John L. Bell

PAUL RUSNOCK. Bolzano's Philosophy and the Emergence of Modern Mathematics. Studien zur österreichischen Philosophie [Studies in Austrian philosophy], Vol. 30. Amsterdam & Atlanta: Editions Rodopi, 2000. ISBN 90-420-1501-2. Pp. 218.
Philosophia Mathematica Advance Access published on July 1, 2006
Philosophia Mathematica 2006 14: 362-364; doi:10.1093/philmat/nkl014 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jon Williamson

From Bayesianism to the Epistemic View of Mathematics: RICHARD JEFFREY. Subjective Probability: The Real Thing. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004. ISBN 0-521-82971-2 (hbk), 0-521-53668-5 (pbk). Pp. xvi + 124.
Philosophia Mathematica Advance Access published on January 9, 2006
Philosophia Mathematica 2006 14: 365-369; doi:10.1093/philmat/nkj018 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Emily Carson

FRANK PIEROBON. Kant et les mathématiques: La conception kantienne des mathématiques [Kant and mathematics: The Kantian conception of mathematics]. Bibliothèque d'Histoire de la Philosophie. Paris: J. Vrin. ISBN 2-7116-1645-2. Pp. 240.
Philosophia Mathematica Advance Access published on January 13, 2006
Philosophia Mathematica 2006 14: 370-378; doi:10.1093/philmat/nkj016 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jean Paul Van Bendegem

PAOLO MANCOSU, KLAUS FROVIN JØRGENSEN AND STIG ANDUR PEDERSEN, eds. Visualization, Explanation and Reasoning Styles in Mathematics. Synthese Library, Vol. 327. Dordrecht: Springer, 2005. Pp. x + 300. ISBN 1-4020-3334-6 (cloth), 1-4020-3335-4 (e-book).
Philosophia Mathematica Advance Access published on January 23, 2006
Philosophia Mathematica 2006 14: 378-391; doi:10.1093/philmat/nkj020 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Patricia Marino

JOHN L. BELL. Set Theory: Boolean-Valued Models and Independence Proofs. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 2005. Oxford Logic Guides, No. 47. Pp. xxii + 191. ISBN 0-19-856852-5, 987-0-19-856852-0 (pbk).
Philosophia Mathematica Advance Access published on April 13, 2006
Philosophia Mathematica 2006 14: 392-394; doi:10.1093/philmat/nkl006 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jean-Pierre Marquis

JOHN L. BELL. The Continuous and the Infinitesimal in Mathematics and Philosophy. Monza: Polimetrica, 2005. Pp. 349. ISBN 88-7699-015-1.
Philosophia Mathematica Advance Access published on April 13, 2006
Philosophia Mathematica 2006 14: 394-400; doi:10.1093/philmat/nkl007 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Books of Essays

MARK ELI KALDERON, editor. Fictionalism in Metaphysics. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005. ISBN-10 0-19-928218-8, ISBN-13 978-0-19-928218-0 (hard); ISBN-10 0-19-928219-6, ISBN-13 978-0-19-928219-7 (pbk). Pp. x + 354.
Philosophia Mathematica Advance Access published on April 13, 2006
Philosophia Mathematica 2006 14: 400; doi:10.1093/philmat/nkl008 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Index

Author Index — Volume 14
Philosophia Mathematica 2006 14: 401-402; doi:10.1093/philmat/nkl021 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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