Book:Books/Philosophy

The following books covered on $\mathsf{Pr} \infty \mathsf{fWiki}$ discuss the philosophy of mathematics.

For a comprehensive list of books referenced on $\mathsf{Pr} \infty \mathsf{fWiki}$ (and more), see Books.

Books

• c. 380 BCE: Plato: Theaetetus
• c. 380 BCE: Plato: Republic
• c. 380 BCE: Plato: Timaeus
• c. 60 BCE: Lucretius: De Rerum Natura
• 1714: Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz: Monadologie

• 1874: William Stanley Jevons: The Principles of Science: A Treatise on Logic and Scientific Method
  • 1877: William Stanley Jevons: The Principles of Science: A Treatise on Logic and Scientific Method (2nd ed.)

• 1884: Edwin A. Abbott: Flatland: a Romance of Many Dimensions
• 1919: Bertrand Russell: Introduction to Mathematical Philosophy
• 1940: G.H. Hardy: A Mathematician's Apology
• 1940: Edward Kasner and James R. Newman: Mathematics and the Imagination
• 1943: W.W. Sawyer: Mathematician's Delight
• 1945: G. Polya: How To Solve It

• 1955: Nelson Goodman: Fact, Fiction, and Forecast
  • 1965: Nelson Goodman: Fact, Fiction, and Forecast (2nd ed.)
  • 1973: Nelson Goodman: Fact, Fiction, and Forecast (3rd ed.)
  • 1983: Nelson Goodman: Fact, Fiction, and Forecast (4th ed.)

• 1955: W.W. Sawyer: Prelude to Mathematics
• 1964: W.W. Sawyer: Vision in Elementary Mathematics (Volume $1$ of Introducing Mathematics)
• 1966: W.W. Sawyer: A Path to Modern Mathematics (Volume $4$ of Introducing Mathematics)

• 1969: George Spencer-Brown: Laws of Form
  • 1972: George Spencer-Brown: Laws of Form (American ed.)

• 1974: D.E. Knuth: Surreal Numbers
• 1975: Ian Stewart: Concepts of Modern Mathematics
• 1977: Rudolf v.B. Rucker: Geometry, Relativity and the Fourth Dimension
• 1980: Philip J. Davis and Reuben Hersh: The Mathematical Experience
• 1982: Rudy Rucker: Infinity and the Mind
• 1983: Nelson Goodman: Fact, Fiction, and Forecast (4th ed.)
• 1984: A.K. Dewdney: The Planiverse: Computer Contact with a Two-Dimensional World
• 1985: Rudy Rucker: The Fourth Dimension
• 1987: Rudy Rucker: Mind Tools
• 1988: John Allen Paulos: Innumeracy
• 1991: John Allen Paulos: Beyond Numeracy
• 1992: Ian Stewart and Martin Golubitsky: Fearful Symmetry
• 2012: Nate Silver: The Signal and the Noise
• 2014: Jordan Ellenberg: How Not to be Wrong
• 2019: Marcus du Sautoy: The Creativity Code
• 2021: Marcus du Sautoy: Thinking Better: The Art of the Shortcut