Fantastic discussion, may I throw another title into the mix here: John Dewey's The Quest for Certainty. The book carves up the idea that math is such a thing i

Fantastic discussion, may I throw another title into the mix here: John Dewey's The Quest for Certainty. The book carves up the idea that math is such a thing into a thousand pieces, classing the inclination to believe it so as the same repressive drive that gave us religion. Because we were so unwilling to bear the pain of doubt. (Voltaire: 'Doubt is painful, certainty ridiculous.')