Mathematicians and scientists have vague folk theories of what math and science are that both are blurred ancestral memories of pre-WWII logical positivism.
These theories are totally wrong, but do little *direct* harm because they are mainly ignored in practice.
Would you recommend it? ("This provocative book goes beyond foundationalist questions to offer what has been called a “postmodern” assessment of the philosophy of mathematics — one that addresses issues of theoretical importance in terms of mathematical experience.") —blurb
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Yeah I would, though you've already read the best bits - The Ideal Mathematician and Thurston's Proof and Progress. There's also some of Lakatos Proofs and Refutations, and I liked Judith Grabiner on 18th c mathematical culture - emailed you notes on that a while back.
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I re-read your notes on Grabiner. Good stuff! Maybe you could post publicly? With minimal polishing if that seems necessary.
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