Full name: Proofs and Refutations: The Logic of Mathematical Discovery

Author: Imre Lakatos Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Science, Philosophy, Non Fiction, Education Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9780521290388 9781107534056 0521290384 1107534054

A novel introduction to the philosophy of mathematics, mostly in the form of a discussion between a group of students and their teacher. It combats the positivist picture and develops a much richer, more dramatic progression. Similar books: The Philosophy of Mathematics by Stephan Korner The Principles of Mathematics by Bertrand Russell Philosophy of Mathematics by Paul Benacerraf Introduction to Mathematical Philosophy by Bertrand Russell The Foundations of Arithmetic by Gottlob Frege Is God a Mathematician? by Mario Livio Infinity and the Mind by Rudy Rucker Godel's Theorem by Torkel Franzen What Is Mathematics, Really? by Reuben Hersh Fractals, Googols, and Other Mathematical Tales by Theoni Pappas Keys to Infinity by Clifford A. Pickover Murderous Maths by Kjartan Poskitt The Mathematical Experience by Philip J. Davis Letters to a Young Mathematician by Ian Stewart The Grapes of Math by Alex Bellos Experience and Nature by John Dewey Conscientious Objections by Neil Postman Too Big to Know by David Weinberger Love and Math by Edward Frenkel Higher Superstition by Paul R. Gross