# Proofs and Other Dilemmas: Mathematics and Philosophy

### Bonnie Gold and Roger A. Simons, Editors

Catalog Code: POD
Print ISBN: 978-0-88385-567-6
320 pp., Hardbound, 2008
List Price: $54.95 MAA Member:$43.95
Series: Spectrum

This is the first book on the philosophy of mathematics to explore the breadth of contemporary issues that interest mathematicians, using language accessible to non-philosophers. It should interest users and teachers of mathematics. Most authors of the 16 original essays are either prominent mathematicians or prominent mathematicians with philosophical interests. It can serve as a non-technical primer on current thinking in the philosophy of mathematics. It includes comments on applications to teaching mathematics and could be a text for a philosophy of mathematics course for mathematics majors.

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Proof and How it is Changing
Social constructivism Views of Mathematics
The Nature of Mathematical Objects and Mathematical Knowledge
The Nature of Mathematics and its Applications
Glossary of Common Philosophical Terms