Hersh R. (ed.) 18 Unconventional Essays on the Nature of Mathematics

New York: Springer, 2006. — 326 p. — ISBN: 0-387-25717-9.Collection of the most interesting recent writings on the philosophy of mathematics written by highly respected researchers from philosophy, mathematics, physics, and chemistry.
Interdisciplinary book that will be useful in several fields ― with a cross-disciplinary subject area, and contributions from researchers of various disciplines.A Socratic dialogue on mathematics / Alfréde Rényi
"Introduction" to Filosofia e matematica / Carlo Cellucci
On proof and progress in mathematics / William P. Thurston
The informal logic of mathematical proof / Andrew Aberdein
Philosophical problems of mathematics in the light of evolutionary epistemology / Yehuda Rav
Towards a semiotics of mathematics / Brian Rotman
Computers and the sociology of mathematical proof / Donald MacKenzie
From G.H.H. and Littlewood to XML and Maple: changing needs and expectations in mathematical knowledge management / Terry Stanway
Do real numbers really move? Language, thought, and gesture: the embodied cognitive foundations of mathematics / Rafael Núñez
Does mathematics need a philosophy? / William Timothy Gowers
How and why mathematics is unique as a social practice / Jody Azzouni
The pernicious influence of mathematics upon philosophy / Gian-Carlo Rota
The pernicious influence of mathematics on science / Jack Schwartz
What is philosophy of mathematics looking for? / Alfonso C. Ávila del Palacio
Concepts and the mangle of practice constructing quaternions / Andrew Pickering
Mathematics as objective knowledge and as human practice / Eduard Glas
The locus of mathematical reality: an anthropological footnote / Leslie A. White
Inner vision, outer truth / Reuben Hersh