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What is the nature of the objects being studied? What determines the directions and styles in which mathematics progresses (or, perhaps, degenerates)? This book collects some of the writings tackling the problem of giving an account of the nature, purpose, and justification of mathematics as actually done by real live mathematicians.Hersh, Reuben is the author of '18 Unconventional Essays on the Nature of Mathematics ', published 2005 under ISBN 9780387257174 and ISBN 0387257179.
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