Mathematics and the Good Life

作者:Pollard Stephen*
来源:Philosophia Mathematica, 2013, 21(1): 93-109.
DOI:10.1093/philmat/nks030

摘要

We mathematical animals should be grateful that mathematics is instrumentally useful. We should not, however, forget its other contributions to human happiness. Bertrand Russell and John Dewey offer timely reminders that provide insight into the role of non-mathematicians in the evaluation of mathematics.

  • 出版日期2013-2

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