If you have a bit of time this Xmas, you may wish to read Philosophy of Mathematics: 5 Questions , edited by Vincent F. Hendricks & Hannes Leitgeb. This is a very nice series. 5 Questions collects together answers on 5 provocative questions by many of the leading contemporary figures in a given area, in this case the Philosophy and Mathematics. The book in question contains a lot of first-hand, interesting considerations, well beyond what one may find in more uptight, academic publications. CONTRIBUTORS: Jeremy Avigad, Steve Awodey, John L. Bell, Johan van Benthem , Douglas Bridges, Charles S. Chihara, Mark Colyvan , E. Brian Davies, Michael Detlefsen, Solomon Feferman, Bob Hale, Geoffrey Hellman, Jaakko Hintikka, Thomas Jech, H. Jerome Keisler, Ulrich Kohlenbach, Penelope Maddy , Paolo Mancosu , Charles Parsons , Michael D. Resnik, Stewart Shapiro, Wilfried Sieg, William Tait, Albert Visser, Alan Weir, Philip Welch, Crispin Wright, Edward N. Zalta. Disclaim...
any presentations from this event?
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