Robert-D Hirsch
Biographic Data
| ID | 5934492 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Robert-D Hirsch |
| GIVEN NAMES | Robert-D |
| FAMILY NAME | Hirsch |
| SIGNATURE | HIRSCH R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Imperial College London |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 1 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 1 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Is Mathematics a Pure Science
The philosophy of mathematics provides a severe test for a materialist explanation of science. This is because mathematics is mostly abstract and mathematical theory is rarely tested directly in practice. All the main schools of the philosophy of mathematics - platonism, logicism, intuitionism, formalism - are varieties of idealism. Nevertheless all human ideas, including mathematical ideas, originate from our experience of the world and are root…
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Is Mathematics a Pure Science
The philosophy of mathematics provides a severe test for a materialist explanation of science. This is because mathematics is mostly abstract and mathematical theory is rarely tested directly in practice. All the main schools of the philosophy of mathematics - platonism, logicism, intuitionism, formalism - are varieties of idealism. Nevertheless all human ideas, including mathematical ideas, originate from our experience of the world and are root…
Epistemology (1 work) · Ethnology (1 work) · History and Theory of Mathematics (1 work) · Humanities (1 work) · Philosophy (1 work) · Philosophy (1 work) · Philosophy and History of Science (1 work) · Science and Climate Studies (1 work) · Sociology (1 work)