This volume contains 8 papers that have been collected by the Canadian Society for History and Philosophy of Mathematics. It showcases rigorously reviewed contemporary scholarship on an interesting variety of topics in the history and philosophy of mathematics.Some of the topics explored include:
A way to rethink how logic is taught to philosophy students by using a rejuvenated version of the Aristotelian idea of an argument schema A quantitative approach using data from Wikipedia to study collaboration between nineteenth-century British mathematicians The depiction and perception of Émilie Du Châtelets scientific contributions as viewed through the frontispieces designed for books written by or connected to her A study of the Cambridge Womens Research Club, a place where British women were able to participate in scholarly scientific discourse in the middle of the twentieth century An examination of the researchand writing process of mathematicians by looking at their drafts and other preparatory notes A global history of al-Khwrzms Kitb al-jabr wa-l-muqbala as obtained by tracing its reception through numerous translations and commentaries
Written by leading scholars in the field, these papers are accessible not only to mathematicians and students of the history and philosophy of mathematics, but also to anyone with a general interest in mathematics.
Fillion, N., Logical Methodology and the Structure of Logic
Syllabi.- Bacelar Valente, M., Ancienct Greek Mathematical Proofs and
Metareasoning.- Briers, M., Wikipedia and the Portrayal of Collaborative
Networks of Nineteenth-Century British Mathematicians.- Huffman, C. J.,
Mathematical and Philosophical Imagery in Original Sources Related to Emilie
du Chatelet.- McMurran, S. L., Tattersall, J. J., Cambridge Women's Research
Club.- Haffner, E., Going to the Source(s) of Sources in Mathematicians'
Drafts.- Godard, R., Lewis, M., Two Textbooks on Vector Analysis: Gibbs and
Runge.- Oaks, J., The Legacy of al-Khwarazmi in History of Algebra.
