Idéaux de preuve : explication et pureté

In Andrew Arana & Marco Panza (eds.), Précis de philosophie de la logique et des mathématiques, Volume 2, philosophie des mathématiques. Paris: Editions de la Sorbonne. pp. 387-425 (2022)
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Abstract

Why do mathematics often give several proofs of the same theorem? This is the question raised in this article, introducing the notion of an epistemic ideal and discussing two such ideals, the explanatoriness and purity of proof.

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Andrew Arana
Université de Lorraine

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