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1、18UnconventionalEssaysontheNatureofMathematicsReubenHershEditorReubenHershDepartmentofMathematicsandStatisticsUniversityofNewMexicoAlbuquerque,NMUSACoverillustration:Photographsofthreecontributingauthors:AlfrédRényi,Gian-CarloRota,andLeslieA.White.MathematicsSubjectClassi
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5、America.(SPI/EB)987654321springeronline.comContentsIntroductionbyReubenHersh...........................................................................viiAbouttheAuthors.............................................................................................xviiChapte
6、r1ASocraticDialogueonMathematics................................................................1AlfrédRényiChapter2“Introduction”toFilosofiaematematica...........................................................17CarloCellucciChapter3OnProofandProgressinMathematics.......
7、......................................................37WilliamP.ThurstonChapter4TheInformalLogicofMathematicalProof......................................................56AndrewAberdeinChapter5PhilosophicalProblemsofMathematicsintheLightofEvolutionaryEpistemology........
8、...................................................................71YehudaRavChapter6TowardsaSe