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I bought soviet-era gem, 'Mathematics: Its content,methods and meaning'. Books is a collorabarative effort of many russian mathematicians to provide holistic pi

• 3PS 6y ago
  In a similar vein, I'm currently halfway through 'Thinking About Mathematics' by Stewart Shapiro. It's a great introduction to the various philosophies of mathematics: logicism, formalism, intuitionism, structuralism, basically all of the different sorts of philosophical positions prominent people have taken on the nature of mathematics, going back to Plato and Aristotle. It's wonderfully approachable as well, I highly recommend it.