Contributors ................................................ ix
Introduction ................................................. 3
Alexander George
1. What Is Mathematics About? .................................. 11
Michael Dwnmett
2. The Advantages of Honest Toil over Theft .................... 27
George Boolos
3. The Law of Excluded Middle and the Axiom of Choice .......... 45
W.W. Tait
4. Mechanical Procedures and Mathematical Experience ........... 71
Wilfried Sieg
5. Mathematical Intuition and Objectivity ..................... 118
Daniel Isaacson
6. Intuition and Number ....................................... 141
Charles Parsons
7. Hilbert's Axiomatic Method and the Laws of Thought ......... 158
Michael Hallett
Index ...................................................... 201
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