Philosophy of mathematics : a contemporary introduction to the world of proofs and pictures / James Robert Brown.
Brown, James Robert.
2008
QA8.4 .B76 2008 (Mapit)
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Title Philosophy of mathematics : a contemporary introduction to the world of proofs and pictures / James Robert Brown.
Author Brown, James Robert.
Edition 2nd ed.
ISBN 9780415960489 (alk. paper)
0415960487 (alk. paper)
9780415960472 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0415960479 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Publication Details New York : Routledge, 2008.
Language English
Description xiv, 245 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Call Number QA8.4 .B76 2008
Dewey Decimal Classification 510.1
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (p. [226]-235) and index.
Series Routledge contemporary introductions to philosophy
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10. Computation, proof and conjecture
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