Selected Bibliography of Philosophical Materials Pertaining to Mathematics and Proof

 


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Annotated Bibliography for Proof in Mathematics Education,


 

 

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References for 2008

 

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Brown, J. (2008). Philosophy of Mathematics: a contemporary introduction to the world of proofs and pictures. 2nd edition. New York: Routledge.

 

Mancosu, P. (2008).Explanation in Mathematics. In E. N. Salta (Ed.), Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, (Summer 2008 Edition). <http://plato.stanford.edu/archives/sum2008/entries/mathematics-explanation/>.

Tennant, N., Guest Editor. (2008). Special Issue: Carnap and Some Contemporaries.Philosophia Mathematica. 16(1).

 

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References for 2007

 

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Awodey, S., Carus, A. (2007). Carnap's Dream, Godel, Wittgenstein and Logical Syntax. Sythese, 159(1), 23 - 45.

 

Burger, E. (2007). Extending the Frontiers of Mathematics: inquiries into proof and argumentation. Emeryville, CA: Key College Publications.

 

Byers, W. (2007). How Mathematicians Think: using ambiguity, contradiction and paradox to create mathematics. Princeton: Princeton University Press.

 

Cozzoli, D. (2007). Alessandro Piccolomini and the certitude of mathematics. History and Philosophy of Logic, 28(2), 151-171.

 

Doria, F. (2007). Informal versus formal mathematics. Synthese, 154(3), 401-415.

 

Giaquinto, M. (2007). Visual Thinking in mathematics: an epistemological study. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

 

Havil, J. (2007). Nonplussed!: mathematical proof of implausible ideas. Princeton: Princeton University Press.

 

Rav, Y. (2007). A critique of a formalist-mechanist version of the justification of arguments in mathematicians' proof practices. Philosophia Mathematica, 15(3), 291-320.

 

Sundstrom, T. (2007). Mathematical reasoning: writing and proof. 2nd edition. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall.

 

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References for 2006

 

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Avigad, J. (2006). Mathematical method and proof. Synthese, 153(1), 105-159.

 

Azzouni, J. (2006). Tracking reason: Proof, consequence, and truth. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.

 

Dawson, J. W. (2006). Why do mathematicians re-prove theorems? Philosophia Mathematica, 14, 269-286.

 

Donnelly, S. (2006). Introduction to the archives of Imre Lakatos, 1922-1974. Perspectives on Science, 14(3), 347-353.

 

Franklin, J. (2006). Artifice and the natural world: Mathematics, logic, technology. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

 

Gurka, D. (2006). A missing link: The influence of L‡szl— Kalm‡r's empirical view on Lakatos' philosophy of mathematics. Perspectives on Science, 14(3), 263-281.

 

Jha, S. R. (2006a). Hungarian studies in Lakatos' philosophies of mathematics and science - Editor's introduction. Perspectives on Science, 14(3), 257-262.

 

Jha, S. R. (2006b). The bid to transcend Popper, and the Lakatos-Polanyi connection. Perspectives on Science, 14(3), 318-346.

 

Kiss, O. (2006). Heuristic, methodology or logic of discovery? Lakatos on patterns of thinking. Perspectives on Science, 14(3), 302-317.

 

Livingston, E. (2006).The context of Proving. Social Studies of Science, 36 (1), 39-68.

 

Lombardi, H. (2006). Structures algŽbriques dynamiques, espaces topologiques sans points et programme de Hilbert. Annals of Pure and Applied Logic, 137(1-3), 256-290.

 

M‡tŽ, A. (2006). ērp‡d Szab— and Imre Lakatos, or the relation between history and philosophy of mathematics. Perspectives on Science, 14(3), 282-301.

 

Panjvani, C. (2006). Wittgenstein and the concept of strong mathematical verificationism. Philosophy Quarterly, 56(224),406-425.

 

Samian, A. L. (2006). 'Phenomena' in Newton's mathematical experience. Dordrecht: Springer.

 

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References for 2005

 

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Aberdein, A. (2005). The uses of argument in mathematics. In D. Hitchcock (Ed.), The uses of argument: Proceedings of a conference at McMaster university, 18-21 May 2005 (pp. 1-10). Hamilton: Media Production.

Baker, A. (2005). Are there genuine mathematical explanations of physical phenomena? Mind: A Quarterly Review of Philosophy, 114(454), 223-238.

Belot, G. (2005). Whose devil? Which details? Philosophy of Science, 72(1), 128-153.

Chemla, K. (2005). The interplay between proof and algorithm in 3rd century China: The operation as prescription of computation and the operation as argument. In P. Mancosu, K. F. Jærgensen & S. A. Pedersen (Eds.), Visualization, explanation and reasoning styles in mathematics (Synthese library, volume 327) (pp. 123-145). Dordrecht: Springer.

De Waal, C. (2005). Why metaphysics needs logic and mathematics doesn't: Mathematics, logic, and metaphysics in Peirce's classification of the sciences. Transactions of the Charles S. Peirce Society: A Quarterly Journal in American Philosophy, 41(2), 283-297.

Fine, K. (2005). PrŽcis. Philosophical Studies: An International Journal for Philosophy in the Analytic Tradition, 122(3), 305-313.

Giaquinto, M. (2005). Mathematical activity. In P. Mancosu, K. F. Jærgensen & S. A. Pedersen (Eds.), Visualization, explanation and reasoning styles in mathematics (Synthese library, volume 327) (pp. 75-87). Dordrecht: Springer.

Kuipers, T. A. F. (2005). Mathematics and explication: Reply to Jean Paul Van Bendegem. New York: Rodopi NY.

Leng, M. (2005). Platonism and anti-Platonism: Why worry? International Studies in the Philosophy of Science, 19(1), 65-84.

Mancosu, P. (2005). Visualization in logic and mathematics. In P. Mancosu, K. F. Jærgensen & S. A. Pedersen (Eds.), Visualization, explanation and reasoning styles in mathematics (Synthese library, volume 327) (pp. 13-30). Dordrecht: Springer.

Mancosu, P. & Hafner, J. (2005). The varieties of mathematical explanation. In P. Mancosu, K. F. Jærgensen & S. A. Pedersen (Eds.), Visualization, explanation and reasoning styles in mathematics (Synthese library, volume 327) (pp. 215-250). Dordrecht: Springer.

Mancosu, P., Jærgensen, K. F., & Pedersen, S. A. (Eds.). (2005). Visualization, explanation and reasoning styles in mathematics (Synthese library, volume 327). Dordrecht: Springer.

Paseau, A. (2005). What the foundationalist filter kept out. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science, 36A(1), 191-201.

Shapiro, S. (2005). Logical consequence, proof theory, and model theory. In S. Shapiro (Ed.), The Oxford handbook of philosophy of mathematics and logic (pp. 651-670). Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Sieg, W., & Field, C. (2005). Automated search for Gšdel's proofs. Annals of Pure and Applied Logic, 133(1-3), 319-338.

Tappenden, J. (2005). Proof style and understanding in mathematics I: Visualization, unification and axiom choice. In P. Mancosu, K. F. Jærgensen & S. A. Pedersen (Eds.), Visualization, explanation and reasoning styles in mathematics (Synthese library, volume 327) (pp. 147-214). Dordrecht: Springer.

Tieszen, R. (2005). Phenomenology, logic, and the philosophy of mathematics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Van Bendegem, J. P. (2005). Proofs and arguments: The special case of mathematics. In R. Festa, A. Aliseda & J. Peijnenburg (Eds.), Cognitive structures in scientific inquiry: Essays in debate with Theo Kuipers: Volume 2 (Poznan Studies, volume 84) (pp. 157-169). New York: Rodopi NY.

 

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References for 2004

 

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Ahnert, T. (2004). Newtonianism in early enlightenment Germany, c. 1720 to 1750: Metaphysics and the critique of dogmatic philosophy. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science, 35A(3), 471-491.

 

Avigad, J. (2004). Forcing in proof theory. Bulletin of Symbolic Logic, 10(3), 305-333.

 

Azzouni, J. (2004). The derivation-indicator view of mathematical practice. Philosophia Mathematica, 12(2), 81-105.

 

Berardi, S. (2004). Krivine's intuitionistic proof of classical completeness (for countable languages). Annals of Pure and Applied Logic, 129(1-3), 93-106.

 

Bourdeau, M. (2004). PrŽsentation: Intuitionnisme et philosophie. Revue Internationale de Philosophie, 58(230), 383-400.

 

Brown, J. R. (2004). Peeking into Plato's heaven. Philosophy of Science, 71(5), 1126-1138.

 

Cozzo, C. (2004). Wittgenstein e l'oggettivitˆ della dimostrazione. Rivista di Filosofia, 95(1), 63-92.

 

Gattei, S. (2004). Karl Popper's philosophical breakthrough. Philosophy of Science, 71(4), 448-466.

 

Glanzberg, M. (2004). Truth, reflection, and hierarchies. Synthese: An International Journal for Epistemology, Methodology and Philosophy of Science, 142(3), 289-315.

 

Magnani, L. (2004). Conjectures and manipulations: Computational modeling and the extra-theoretical dimension of scientific discovery. Minds and Machines: Journal for Artificial Intelligence, 14(4), 507-537.

 

Ranta, A., & Cooper, R. (2004). Dialogue systems as proof editors. Journal of Logic, Language and Information, 13(2), 225-240.

 

Ravetz, J. R. (2004). An Hungarian tragedy. Inquiry: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Philosophy, 47(4), 413-422.

 

Redhead, M. (2004). Mathematics and the mind. British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, 55(4), 731-737.

 

Stadler, F. (2004). Induction and deduction in the sciences (Vienna circle institute yearbook 11, 2003). Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers.

 

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References for 2003

 

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Alvarez, C. (2003). Two ways of reasoning and two ways of arguing in geometry: Some remarks concerning the application of figures in Euclidean geometry. Synthese, 134, 289-323.

 

Andrews, P. B. (2003). An introduction to mathematical logic and type theory: To truth through proof. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers.

 

Billinge, H. (2003). Did Bishop have a philosophy of mathematics? Philosophia Mathematica, 11(2), 176-194.

 

Brown, J. R. (2003). Philosophy of mathematics: An introduction to the world of proofs and pictures. New York: Routledge.

 

Cooke, E. F. (2003). Peirce, fallibilism, and the science of mathematics. Philosophia Mathematica, 11(2), 158-175.

 

Corfield, D. (2003). Towards a philosophy of real mathematics. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.

 

Dosen, K. (2003). Identity of proofs based on normalization and generality. Bulletin of Symbolic Logic, 9(4), 477-503.

 

Dubucs, J. (2003). Preuves, fondements et certificats. Philosophia Scientiae, 7(1), 167-198.

 

Fallis, D. (2003). Intentional gaps in mathematical proofs. Synthese: An International Journal for Epistemology, Methodology and Philosophy of Science, 134(1-2), 45-69.

 

Fichot, J. (2003). Truth, proofs and functions. Synthese: An International Journal for Epistemology, Methodology and Philosophy of Science, 137(1-2), 43-58.

 

Hale, M. (2003). Essentials of mathematics: Introduction to theory, proof, and the professional culture (Resource Materials Series). Mathematical Association of America, Washington, DC.

 

Landesman, C. (2003). Reason and arithmetic. Philosophical Forum, 34(3-4), 317-327.

 

Longo, G. (2003). Proofs and programs. Synthese: An International Journal for Epistemology, Methodology and Philosophy of Science, 134(1-2), 85-117.

 

Panza, M. (2003). Mathematical proofs. Synthese: An International Journal for Epistemology, Methodology and Philosophy of Science, 134(1-2), 119-158.

 

Peressini, A. (2003). Proof, reliability, and mathematical knowledge. Theoria: A Swedish Journal of Philosophy, 69(3), 211-232.

 

Piccinini, G. (2003). Alan Turing and the mathematical objection. Minds and Machines: Journal for Artificial Intelligence, 13(1), 23-48.

 

Szab—, L. E. (2003). Formal systems as physical objects: A physicalist account of mathematical truth. International Studies in the Philosophy of Science, 17(2), 117-125.

 

Van Bendegem, J. P. (2003). Thought experiments in mathematics: Anything but proof. Philosophica (Belgium), 72, 9-33.

 

Womach, C., & Farach, M. (2003). Randomization, persuasiveness and rigor in proofs. Synthese: An International Journal for Epistemology, Methodology and Philosophy of Science, 134(1-2), 71-84.

 

Zach, R. (2003). The practice of finitism: Epsilon calculus and consistency proofs in Hilbert's program. Synthese: An International Journal for Epistemology, Methodology and Philosophy of Science, 137(1-2), 211-259.

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References for 2002

 

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Alcolea Banegas, J. (2002). La demostraci—n matem‡tica: Problem‡tica actual. Contrastes: Revista Interdisciplinar de Filosofia, 7, 15-34.

 

Dove, I. (2002). Can pictures prove? Logique et Analyse, 45(179-180), 309-340.

 

Fallis, D. (2002). Response to: "What is the goal of proof?" by A. Lercher. Logique et Anal, N.S. 45, 397-398.

 

Fallis, D. (2002a). What do mathematicians want? Probabilistic proofs and the epistemic goals of mathematicians. Logique et Anal, N.S. 45, 373-388.

 

Kahle, R. (2002b). Mathematical proof theory in the light of ordinal analysis. Synthese: An International Journal for Epistemology, Methodology and Philosophy of Science, 133(1-2), 237-255.

 

Lercher, A. (2002). What is the goal of proof? Logique et Anal, N.S. 45, 389-395.

 

Mancosu, P. (2002). On the constructivity of proofs: A debate among Behmann, Bernays, Gšdel, and Kaufmann. In W. Sieg, R. Sommer and C. Talcott (Eds.) Reflections on the foundations of mathematics: Essays in honor of Solomon Feferman (pp.349-371). Natick, MA: A K Peters, Ltd.

 

Michel, A. (2002). Thses d'existence et travail mathŽmatique. In M. Serfati (Ed.) De la mŽthode: Recherches en histoire et philosophie des mathŽmatiques (pp.247-269). Besanon, France: Presses Universitaires Franc-Comtoises.

 

Mormann, T. (2002). Towards an evolutionary account of conceptual change in mathematics: Proofs and refutations and the axiomatic variation of concepts in G. Kampis, L. Kvasz and M. Stšltzner Eds.) Appraising Lakatos. Mathematics, methodology, and the man (pp.139-156). Dordrecht, Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers.

 

Murawski, R. (2002). Truth vs. provability - philosophical and historical remarks. Logic and Logical Philosophy, 10, 93-117.

 

Revuz, A. (2002). Y a-t-il une mŽthode mathŽmatique? In M. Serfati (Ed.) De la mŽthode: Recherches en histoire et philosophie des mathŽmatiques (pp.155-176). Besanon, France: Presses Universitaires France Comtoises.

 

Rood, R. (2002). Proof, cognition, and rationality. Logique et Anal, N.S. 45, 399-419.

 

Sheard, M. (2002). Truth, Provability, and Naive Criteria. In V. Halbach (Ed.) Principles of truth (pp.169-181). Frankfurt, Germany: Hansel-Hohenhausen.

 

Sieg, W. (2002). Beyond Hilbert's reach? Chicago: Open Court.

 

Thomas, R.S.D. (2002). Mathematics and narrative. Math Intelligencer, 24, 43-46.

Toader, J. D. (2002). Mathematical diagrams in practice: An evolutionary account. Logique et Analyse, 45(179-180), 341-355.

 

Weber, E. and Verhoeven, L. (2002). Explanatory proofs in mathematics. Logique et Anal, N.S. 45, 299-307.

 

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References for 2001

 

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Bronkhorst, J. (2001). Panini and Euclid: Reflections on Indian geometry. Journal of Indian Philosophy, 29, 43-80.

 

Cupillari, A. (2001). The nuts and bolts of proofs. San Diego, CA: Academic Press, Inc.

 

Fitelson, B. and Wos, L. (2001). Finding missing proofs with automated reasoning. Studia Logica, 68, 329-356.

 

Ganeri, J. (2001).Objectivity and proof in a classical Indian theory of number. Synthese, 129, 413-437.

 

Gardner, M. (2001). Is mathematics "out there"? Math. Intelligencer, 23, 7-8.

 

Gurevich, Y. (2001). Platonism, constructivism, and computer proofs vs. proofs by hand. In G. Pžun, G.Rozenberg and A. Salomaa, (Eds.), Current trends in theoretical computer science (pp.281-302). River Edge, NJ:

 

Harris, M. (2001). Contexts of justification. Math. Intelligencer, 23, 18-22.

 

Kadvany, J. (2001). Imre Lakatos and the guises of reason. Durham, NC: Duke University Press.

 

Legris, J. (2001). Deduction and knowledge in the origins of proof theory (Spanish). Theoria (San Sebasti‡n), 16, 521-538.

 

Mancosu, P. (2001). Mathematical explanation: problems and prospects. Topoi, 20, 97-117.

 

Pinto, S. (2001). The justification of deduction. Sorites, 13, 33-47.

 

Salmon, N. (2001). The limits of human mathematics. Nous Supplement, 15, 93-117.

 

Senechal, M. (2001). Between discovery and justification. Math. Intelligencer, 23, 16-17.

 

Shapiro, S. (2001). Why anti-realists and classical mathematicians cannot get along. Topoi: An International Review of Philosophy, 20(1), 53-63.

 

Tappenden, J. (2001). Recent work in philosophy of mathematics (Review Article). The Journal of Philosophy, 98, 488-97.

 

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References for 2000

 

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Antonelli, A. and May, R. (2000). Frege's new science. Notre Dame J. Formal Logic 41, 242-270.

 

Berg, J. (2000). From Bolzano's point of view. Monist: An International Quarterly Journal of General Philosophical Inquiry, 83(1), 47-67.

 

Casselman, B. (2000). Pictures and proofs. Notices American Mathematical Society, 47, 1257-1266.

 

Corry, L. (2000). The empiricist roots of Hilbert's axiomatic approach. In V.F. Hendricks, S.A. Pedersen and K.F. Jærgensen (Eds.) Proof theory (pp.35-54). Dordrecht, Netherlands: Kluwer.

 

Di Leonardo, M.V. (2000). Logical laws and schemes of reasoning (Italian). Quaderni di Ricerca in Didattica, 9, 85-104.

 

Graham, L.R. (2000). Do mathematical equations display social attributes? Math. Intelligencer 22, 31-36.

 

Hacking, I. (2000). What mathematics has done to some and only some philosophers. Proc. Br. Acad., 103, 83-138.

 

Heintz, B. (2000). Die Innenwelt der Mathematik: Zur Kultur und Praxis einer beweisenden Disziplin. Vienna, Austria: Springer-Verlag.

 

Hendricks, V., Pedersen, S.A. and Jorgensen, K.F. (Eds) (2000). Proof theory: History and philosophical significance. Pacific Philosophical Quarterly, 81, 49-66.

 

Horsten, L. (2000). Models for the logic of possible proofs. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Kluwer.

 

Knobloch, E. (2000). Analogy and the growth of mathematical knowledge. In E. Grosholz and H. Brege (Eds.) The growth of mathematical knowledge (pp.295-314). Dordrecht, Netherlands: Kluwer.

 

Knobloch, E. (2000). Archimedes, Kepler, and Guldin: the role of proof and analogy. In R. Thiele (Ed.) Mathesis: Festschrift zum siebzigsten Geburtstag von Matthias Schramm (pp.82-100). Berlin, Germany:

 

Krishna, D. (2000). 'Shock-Proof', 'Evidence-Proof', 'Argument-Proof' world of Sampradayika scholarship of Indian philosophy. Journal of Indian Council of Philosophical Research, 17, 143-159.

 

Mancosu, P. (2000). On mathematical explanation. In E. Grosholz and H. Brege (Eds.) The growth of mathematical knowledge (pp.35-54). Dordrecht, Netherlands: Kluwer.

 

McClure, J.E. (2000). Start where they are: geometry as an introduction to proof. American Mathematical Monthly, 107, 44-52.

 

McLarty, C. (2000). Voir-dire in the case of mathematical progress. In E. Grosholz and H. Breger (Eds.) The growth of mathematical knowledge (pp.269-280). Dordrecht, Netherlands: Kluwer.

 

Parsons, C. (2000). Reason and intuition. Synthese, 125, 299-315.

 

Rowe, D. (2000). The calm before the storm: Hilbert's early views on foundations. In V.F. Hendricks, S.A. Pedersen and K.F. Jærgensen (Eds.) Proof theory (pp.55-93). Dordrecht, Netherlands: Kluwer.

 

Shapiro, S. (2000). Thinking about mathematics: The philosophy of mathematics. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press.

 

Sieg, W. (2000). Toward finitist proof theory. In V.F. Hendricks, S.A. Pedersen and K.F. Jærgensen (Eds.) Proof theory (pp.95-114). Dordrecht, Netherlands: Kluwer.

 

Steiner, M. (2000). Mathematical intuition and physical intuition in Wittgenstein's later philosophy. Synthese: An International Journal for Epistemology, Methodology and Philosophy of Science, 125(3), 333-340.

 

Tappenden, J. (2000). Frege on axioms, indirect proof, and independence arguments in geometry: Did Frege reject independence arguments? Notre Dame Journal of Formal Logic, 41(3), 271-315.

 

Vermeulen, C.F.M. (2000). Text Structure and Proof Structure. Journal of Logic, Language and Information, 9, 273-311.

 

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References for 1999

 

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Benson, D. (1999). The moment of proof: Mathematical epiphanies. New York: Oxford University Press.

 

Bressoud, D M. (1999). Proofs and confirmations: The story of the alternating sign conjecture. Washington, DC: Mathematical Association of America.

 

Brown, J. R. (1999). Philosophy of mathematics: An introduction to a world of proofs and pictures. New York: Routledge.

 

Crezmak, J. (1999). Was ist ein mathematischer beweis? [What is a mathematical proof?] Kriterion: Zeitschrift fuer Philosophie, 13, 16-23.

 

Folina, J. (1999). Pictures, proofs, and Ōmathematical practiceÕ: Reply to James Robert Brown. British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, 50(3), 425-429.

 

Glas, E. (1999). Thought-experimentation and mathematical innovation. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science, 30A(1), 1-19.

 

Heinzmann, G. (1999). PoincarŽ on understanding mathematics. Philosophia Scientiae, 3(2), 43-60.

 

Livingston, E. (1999). Cultures of proving. Social Studies of Science, 29(6), 867-888.

 

MacKenzie, D. (1999). Slaying the kraken: The sociohistory of a mathematical proof. Social Studies of Science, 29(1), 7-60.

 

Mancosu, P. (1999). Bolzano and Cournot on mathematical explanation. Revue dÕHistoire des Sciences, 52, 429-455.

 

Murawski, R. (1999). On new trends in the philosophy of mathematics. In E. Orlowska (Ed.), Logic at work: Essays dedicated to the memory of Helena Rasiowa (pp. 15-24). Heidelberg: Physica-Verlag.

 

Netz, R. (1999). The shaping of deduction in Greek mathematics: A study in cognitive history. New York: Cambridge University Press.

 

Peressini, A. (1999). Confirming mathematical theories: An ontologically agnostic stance. Synthese: An Internation Journal for Epistemology, Methodology and Philosophy of Science, 118(2), 257-277.

 

Rav, Y. (1999). Why do we prove theorems? Philosophia Mathematica, 7(3), 5-41.

 

Richman, F. (1999). Existence proofs. American Mathematical Monthly, 106(4), 303-308.

 

Rumfitt, I. (1999). Logic and existence: FregeÕs logicism. Aristotelian Society, 73(Suppl.), 151-180.

 

Sabatier, X. (1999). La logique dans la science: Place et statut de la logique dans la philosophie de Jean Cavaills [Logic in science: The place and status of logic in the philosophy of Jean Cavaills]. Revue dÕHistoire des Sciences, 52, 81-106.

 

Sherry, D. (1999a). Construction and reductio proof. Kant-Studien: Philosophische Zeitschrift der Kant-Gesellschaft, 90(1), 23-39.

 

Sherry, D. (1999b). ThalesÕs sure path. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science, 30A(4), 621-650.

 

Taylor, P. (1999). Practical foundations of mathematics. New York: Cambridge University Press.

 

Van Bendegem, J. P. (1999). The creative growth of mathematics. Philosophia (Belgium), 63(1), 119-152.

 

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References for 1998

 

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Aigner, M., & Ziegler, G. M. (Eds.). (1998). Proofs from the book. New York: Springer.

 

Balaguer, M. (1998). Platonism and anti-platonism in mathematics. New York: Oxford University Press.

 

Corfield, D. (1998). Beyond the methodology of mathematics research programmes. Philosophia Mathematica, 6(3), 272-301.

 

Dusek, V. (1998). Brecht and Luk‡cs as teachers of Feyerabend and Lakatos: The Feyerabend-Lakatos debate as scientific recapitulation of the Brecht- Luk‡cs debate. History of the Human Sciences, 11(2), 25-44.

 

Ernest, P. (1998). Social constructivism as a philosophy of mathematics. Albany: State University of New York Press.

 

Gurr, C., Lee, J., & Stenning, K. (1998). Theories of diagrammatic reasoning: Distinguishing component problems. Minds and Machines: Journal for Artificial Intelligence, 8(4), 533-557.

 

Hinktikka, J. (1998). On GšdelÕs philosophical assumptions. Synthese: An International Journal for Epistemology, Methodology and Philosophy of Science, 114(1), 13-23.

 

Lomas, D. (1998). Diagrams in mathematical education: A philosophical appraisal. Philosophy of Education, 404-410.

 

OÕNeill, J. (1998). Practical reason and mathematical argument. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science, 29A(2), 195-205.

 

Paulos, J. A. (1998). Once upon a number: The hidden mathematical logic of stories. New York: Basic Books.

 

Potter, M. D. (1998). Classical arithmetic is part of intuitionistic arithmetic. Grazer Philosophische Studien, 55, 127-141.

 

Sandborg, D. (1998). Mathematical explanation and the theory of why-questions. British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, 49(4), 603-624.

 

Shanks, N. (Ed.). (1998). Idealization IX: Idealization in contemporary physics. Atlanta, GA: Rodopi.

 

Sklar, L. (1998). The language of nature is mathematics – but which mathematics? and what nature? Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society, 98, 241-261.

 

Thompson, P. (1998). The nature and role of intuition in mathematical epistemology. Philosophia: Philosophical Quarterly of Israel, 26(3-4), 279-319.

 

Titiev, R. J. (1998). Finiteness, perception, and two contrasting cases of mathematical idealization. Journal of Philosophical Research, 23, 279-319.

 

Troelstra, A. S. (1998). Concepts and axioms. Philosophia Mathematica, 6(2), 195-208.

 

Tymoczko, T. (1998). New directions in the philosophy of mathematics: An anthology (Rev. and expanded ed.). Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.

 

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References for 1997

 

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Brown, J. R. (1997). Proofs and pictures. British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, 48(2), 161-180.

 

Corfield, D. (1997). Assaying LakatosÕs philosophy of mathematics. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science, 28(1), 99-121.

 

Devlin, K. (1997). The logical structure of computer-aided mathematical reasoning. The American Mathematical Monthly, 104(7), 632-646.

 

Ernest, P. (1997). The legacy of Lakatos: Reconceptualising the philosophy of mathematics. Philosophia Mathematica, 5(2), 116-134.

 

Fallis, D. (1997). The epistemic status of probabilistic proof. Journal of Philosophy, 94(4), 165-186.

 

Gower, B. (1997). Scientific method: A historical and philosophical introduction. New York: Routledge.

 

Hersh, R. (1997). Prove – once more and again. Philosophia Mathematica, 5(2), 153-165.

 

Jaffe, A. (1997). Proof and the evolution of mathematics. Synthese: An International Journal for Epistemology, Methodology and Philosophy of Science, 111(2), 133-146.

 

Kleiner, I., & Movshovitz-Hadar, N. (1997). Proof: A many-splendored thing. Mathematical Intelligencer, 19(3), 16-26.

 

Larvor, B. P. (1997). Lakatos as historian of mathematics. Philosophia Mathematica, 5(1), 42-64.

 

Maddy, P. (1997). Naturalism in mathematics. New York: Oxford University Press.

 

Mazur, B. (1997). Conjecture. Synthese: An International Journal for Epistemology, Methodology and Philosophy of Science, 111(2), 197-210.

 

Peterson, I. (1997). Computers and proof. Science News, 151(12), 176-177.

 

Rips, L. J. (1997). Goals for a theory of deduction: Reply to Johnson-Laird. Minds and Machines: Journal for Artificial Intelligence, 7(3), 409-424.

 

Sherry, D. (1997), On mathematical error. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science, 28(3), 393-416.

 

Weiss, B. (1997). Proof and canonical proof. Synthese: An International Journal for Epistemology, Methodology and Philosophy of Science, 113(2), 265-284.

 

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References for 1996

 

(See 1996 annotated bibliography)

 

Hammer, E. (1996). Symmetry as a method of proof. Journal of Philosophic Logic, 25(5), 523-543.

 

Kolata, G. (1996, December 10). With major math proof, brute computers show flash of reasoning power. New York Times, p. C1.

 

Kuipers, T. A. F. (1996). Truth approximation by the hypothetico-deductive method. In W. Balzer & C. U. Moulines (Eds.), Structuralist theory of science: Focal issues, new results (pp. 83-113). New York: Walter de Gruyter.

 

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References for 1995

 

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Kadvany, J. (1995). The mathematical present as history. Philosophical Forum, 26(4), 263-287.

 

MacKenzie, D. (1995). The automation of proof: A historical and sociological exploration. Annals of the History of Computing, 17(3), 7-29.

 

Zambrana Casta–eda, G. (1995). Wittgenstein on mathematical proof. In S. Ramirez & R. S. Cohen (Eds.), Mexican studies in the history and philosophy of science (pp. 235-248). Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers.

 

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References for 1994

 

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Crossley, J. N., & Lun, A. W. C. (1994). The logic of Liu Hui and Euclid as exemplified in their proofs of the volume of a pyramid. Philosophy and the History of Science: A Taiwanese Journal, 3(1), 11-27.

 

Drozdek, A., & Keagy, T. (1994). A case for realism in mathematics. Monist: An International Quarterly Journal of General Philosophical Inquiry, 77(3), 329-344.

 

Hull, K. (1994). Why hanker after logic? Mathematical imagination, creativity and perception in PierceÕs systematic philosophy. Transactions of the Charles S. Pierce Society: A Quarterly Journal in American Philosophy, 30(2), 271-296.

 

Mayberry, J. (1994). What is required of a foundation for mathematics? Philosophia Mathematica, 2(1), 16-35.

 

Pagin, P. (1994). Knowledge of proofs. Topoi: An International Review of Philosophy, 13(2), 93-100.

 

Penco, C. (1994). Dummett and WittgensteinÕs philosophy of mathematics. In B. McGuinness (Ed.), The philosophy of Michael Dummett (pp. 113-136). Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers.

 

Sundholm, G. (1994). Existence, proof and truth-making: A perspective on the intuitionistic conception of truth. Topoi: An International Review of Philosophy, 13(2), 117-126.

 

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References for 1993

 

(See 1993 annotated bibliography)

 

Feferman, S. (1993). Why a little bit goes a long way: Logical foundations of scientifically applicable mathematics. Proceedings of the Biennial Meetings of the Philosophy of Science Association, 2, 442-455.

 

Fetzer, J. (1993). Foundations of philosophy of science: Recent developments. New York: Paragon House.

 

Ramachandran, S. (1993). Computers and the philosophy of mathematics. Journal of the Indian Council of Philosophical Research. 10(2), 1-5.

 

Robert, S. (1993). Les mecanismes de la decouverte scientifique [Mechanisms of scientific discovery]. Ottawa: University of Ottawa Press.

 

Sundholm, G. (1993). Questions of proof. Manuscrito: Revista Internacional de Filosofia, 16(2), 47-70.

 

Thagard, P. (1993). Computational tractability and conceptual coherence: Why do computer scientists believe that P is not equal to NP? Canadian Journal of Philosophy, 23(3), 349-363.

 

Van Bendegem, J. P. (1993). Real-life mathematics versus ideal mathematics: The ugly truth. In E. C. W. Krabbe (Ed.), Empirical logic and public debate (pp. 263-272). Amsterdam: Rodopi.

 

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References for 1992

 

(See 1992 annotated bibliography)

 

Detlefsen, M. (1992a). Brouwerian intuitionism. In M. Detlefsen (Ed.), Proof and knowledge in mathematics (pp. 208-250). New York: Routledge.

 

Detlefsen, M. (1992b). PoincarŽ against the logicians. Synthese: An International Journal for Epistemology, Methodology and Philosophy of Science, 90(3), 349-378.

 

Detlefsen, M. (Ed.). (1992c). Proof and knowledge in mathematics. New York: Routledge.

 

Feist, R. (1992). Wittgenstein: On not getting excited about GšdelÕs proof. De Philosophia, 9, 1-8.

 

Resnick, M. D. (1992). Proof as a source of truth. In M. Detlefsen (Ed.), Proof and knowledge in mathematics (pp. 6-32). New York: Routledge.

 

Shapiro, S. (1992). Foundationalism and foundations of mathematics. In M. Detlefsen (Ed.), Proof and knowledge in mathematics (pp. 171-207). New York: Routledge.

 

Steiner, M. (1992). Mathematical rigor in physics. In M. Detlefsen (Ed.), Proof and knowledge in mathematics (pp. 158-170). New York: Routledge.

 

Stekeler-Weithofer, P. (1992). On the concept of proof. In M. Detlefsen (Ed.), Proof and knowledge in mathematics (pp. 135-157). New York: Routledge.

 

Stillwell, S. (1992). Empirical inquiry and proof. In M. Detlefsen (Ed.), Proof and knowledge in mathematics (pp. 110-134). New York: Routledge.

 

Tait, W. (1992). Reflections on the concept of Ņa prioriÓ truth and its corruption by Kant. In M. Detlefsen (Ed), Proof and knowledge in mathematics (pp. 33-64). New York: Routledge.

 

Wagner, S. J. (1992). Logicism. In M. Detlefsen (Ed), Proof and knowledge in mathematics (pp. 65-109). New York: Routledge.

 

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References for 1991

 

(See 1991 annotated bibliography)

 

Ambrose, A. (1991). On certainty. In I. Mahalingam (Ed.), Logical foundations: Essays in honour of D. J. OÕConnor (pp. ). New York: St MartinÕs Press.

 

Dawson, J. W., Jr. (1991). The reception of GšdelÕs incompleteness theorems. In T. Drucker (Ed.), Perspectives on the history of mathematical logic (pp. 84-100). Boston: Birkhžuser.

 

Gonzalez, W. J. (1991). Intuitionistic mathematics and Wittgenstein. History and Philosophy of Logic, 12(2), 167-183.

 

Jaeger, G. (1991). Some proof-theoretic contributions to theories of sets. In J. B. Paris (Ed.), Logic Colloquium (pp. 171-191). Amsterdam.

 

Koetsier, T. (1991). LakatosÕ philosophy of mathematics: A historical approach. New York: North-Holland.

 

Mancosu, P. (1991). On the status of proofs by contradiction in the XVIIth century. Synthese: An International Journal for Epistemology, Methodology and Philosophy of Science, 88(1), 15-41.

 

OÕLeary, D. J. (1991). Principia Mathematica and the development of automated theorem proving. In T. Drucker (Ed.), Perspectives on the history of mathematical logic (pp. 47-53). Boston: Birkhžuser.

 

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References for 1990

 

(See 1990 annotated bibliography)

 

Detlefsen, M. (1990). Brouwerian intuitionism. Mind: A Quarterly Review of Philosophy, 99(396), 501-534.

 

Ernest, P. (1990). The meaning of mathematical expressions: Does philosophy shed any light on psychology? British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, 41(4), 443-460.

 

Jesseph, D. (1990). Rigorous proof and the history of mathematics: Comments on Crowe. Synthese: An International Journal for Epistemology, Methodology and Philosophy of Science, 83(3), 449-453.

 

Wright, C. (1990). Wittgenstein on mathematical proof. Philosophy: The Journal of the Royal Institute of Philosophy, 65(Suppl. 28), 79–99.

 

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References for 1989

 

(See 1989 annotated bibliography)

 

Anapolitanos, D. A. (1989). Proofs and refutations: A reassessment. In K. Gavroglu, Y. Goudaroulis. & P. Nicolacopolous (Eds.), Imre Lakatos and theories of scientific change (pp. 337-345). Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers.

 

Avgelis, N. (1989). Lakatos on the evaluation of scientific theories. In K. Gavroglu, Y. Goudaroulis. & P. Nicolacopolous (Eds.), Imre Lakatos and theories of scientific change (pp. 157-167). Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers.

 

Clayton, P. (1989). Disciplining relativism and truth. Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science, 24, 315-334.

 

Gavroglu, K., Goudaroulis, Y., & Nicolacopolous, P. (Eds.). (1989). Imre Lakatos and theories of scientific change. Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers.

 

Hugly, P., & Sayward, C. (1989). Can there be a proof that some unprovable arithmetic sentence is true? Dialectica: International Journal of Philosophy of Knowledge, 43(3), 289-292.

 

Pera, M. (1989). Methodological sophisticationism: A degenerating project. In K. Gavroglu, Y. Goudaroulis. & P. Nicolacopolous (Eds.), Imre Lakatos and theories of scientific change (pp. 169-187). Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers.

 

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References for 1988

 

(See 1988 annotated bibliography)

 

Orton, R. (1988). LakatosÕ model for assessing a research program. Journal of Thought, 23, 45-57.

 

Perminov, Y. V. (1988). On the reliability of mathematical proofs. Revue Internationale de Philosophie, 42, 500-508.

 

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References for 1987

 

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Nickles, T. (1987). Lakatosian heuristics and epistemic support. British Journal for the Philosphy of Science, 38, 181-205.

 

Shanker, S. (1987). Wittgenstein and the turning-point in the philosophy of mathematics. Albany: State University of New York Press.

 

Weintraub, E. R. (1987). RosenbergÕs ŅLakatosian consolations for economistsÓ: Comment. Economics and Philosophy, 3, 139-142.

 

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References for 1986

 

(See 1986 annotated bibliography)

 

Andersson, G. (1986). Lakatos and progress and rationality in science: A reply to Agassi. Philosophia: Philosophical Quarterly of Israel, 16, 239-243.

 

Marcus, R. B. (Ed.). (1986). Logic, methodology, and philosophy of science, VII: Proceedings of the seventh international congress of logic, methodology, and philosophy of science, Salzburg, 1983.  New York: North-Holland.

 

Tymoczko, T. (Ed.). (1986). New directions in the philosophy of mathematics: An anthology. Boston: Birkhžuser.

 

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References for prior to 1986

 

(See pre-1986 annotated bibliography)

 

Adler, J. E. (1980). Criteria for a good inductive logic. In L. J. Cohen & M. B. Hesse (Eds.), Applications of inductive logic: Proceedings of a conference at The QueenÕs College, Oxford, 21-24 August, 1978. New York: Oxford University Press.

 

Agassi, J. (1981). Lakatos on proof and mathematics. Logique et Analyse, 24, 437-439.

 

Agassi, J. (1980). Was Lakatos an elitist? Ration: An International Journal of Analytic Philosophy, 22, 61-63.

 

Agassi, J. (1979). The legacy of Lakatos. Philosophy of the Social Sciences, 9, 316-326.

 

Derr, P.G. (1981). Reflexivity and methodology of scientific research programmes. New Scholasticism, 55, 500-503.

 

Dominicy, M. (1983). Falsification and falsifiabilization from Lakatos to Goodman. Revue Internationale de Philosophie, 37, 163-198.

 

Hacking, I. (Ed.). (1981). Scientific revolutions. New York: Oxford University Press.

 

Lehman, H. (1980). An examination of Imre LakatosÕ philosophy of mathematics. Philosophical Forum, 12, 33-48.

 

Sarkar, H. (1983). A theory of method. Berkeley: University of California Press.

 

Steiner, M. (1983). The philosophy of mathematics of Imre Lakatos. The Journal of Philosophy, 80(9), 502-521.

 

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