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The Waltz of Reason: The Entanglement of Mathematics and Philosophy

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ISBN-13: 9781541602694
Publisher: Basic Books
Publication date: 12/19/2023
Pages: 448
Sales rank: 146,288
Product dimensions: 6.20(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.50(d)

“A mind-bending jaunt … that makes clear in fascinating detail how math is more than a sum of its parts” (Publishers Weekly) “Let no one ignorant of geometry enter here,” Plato warned would-be philosophers. Mathematician Karl Sigmund agrees. In The Waltz of Reason, he shows how mathematics and philosophy together have shaped our understanding of space, chance, logic, cooperation, voting, and the social contract. Sigmund shows how game theory is integral to moral philosophy, how statistics shaped the meaning of reason, and how the search for a logical basis for math leads to deep questions about the nature of truth itself. But this is no dry tome: Sigmund’s wit and humor shine as brightly as his erudition.The Waltz of Reason is an engrossing history of ideas as vibrant as a ballroom full of dancers, one that empowers as it entertains, following the complex and occasionally dizzying steps of the thinkers who have molded our thought and founded our world.

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