Proofs and guarantees
type: Item
instance of: scholarly article
title: Proofs and guarantees
zbMATH Open document ID: 1387.00012
author: James Robert Brown
published in: The Mathematical Intelligencer
publication date: 2018-02-28T00:00:00Z
review text: The paper is devoted to the problem of the role played in mathematics by proofs. In particular it is considered whether proof is the only sort of legitimate evidence in mathematics, what is the role of axioms and postulates, where do axioms come from, what is mathematical rationality, what are other forms of evidence in mathematics besides proofs.
reviewed by: Roman Murawski
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 00A30
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 03A05
zbMATH DE Number: 6845226
zbMATH Keywords: proof
zbMATH Keywords: evidence
zbMATH Keywords: rationality
Wikidata QID: Q113905640
MaRDI profile type: Publication
full work available at URL: s00283-017-9730-1
OpenAlex ID: W2766186374
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DOI: 10.1007/S00283-017-9730-1
description: scientific article; zbMATH DE number 6845226