Why Is There Philosophy of Mathematics At All? -- Ian Hacking, Paperback The Kao Since he was a boy

Since he was a boy

Leo and his family are waiting for the bus

Lily especially finds herself backed into a corner

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Why Is There Philosophy of Mathematics At All? -- Ian Hacking, Paperback The Kao Since he was a boyThis truly philosophical book takes us back to fundamentals the sheer experience of proof, and the enigmatic relation of mathematics to nature. It asks unexpected questions, such as 'what makes mathematics mathematics?', 'where did proof come from and how did it evolve?', and 'how did the distinction between pure and applied mathematics come into being?' In a wide ranging discussion that is both immersed in the past and unusually attuned to the