Resources

If you’re interested in learning more about the philosophy of mathematical practice, these sources are a helpful starting point.

Surveys and overviews

Essay collections

  • William Aspray and Philip Kitcher (eds.), History and Philosophy of Modern Mathematics
  • Benedikt Löwe and Thomas Müller (eds.), PhiMSAMP: Philosophy of Mathematics: Sociological Aspects and Mathematical Practice
  • Paolo Mancosu (ed.), The Philosophy of Mathematical Practice
  • Paolo Mancosu, Klaus Frovin Jørgensen and Stig Andur Pedersen (eds.), Visualization, Explanation and Reasoning Styles in Mathematics
  • Sal Restivo, Jean Paul Van Bendegem, and Roland Fischer (eds.), Math Worlds: Philosophical and Social Studies of Mathematics and Mathematics Education

Monographs

  • Marcus Giaquinto, Visual Thinking in Mathematics: An Epistemological Study
  • Paolo Mancosu, Philosophy of Mathematics and Mathematical Practice in the Seventeenth Century