Maxime Bôcher's concept of complementary philosophy of mathematics

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Jerzy Dadaczyński
Pontifical University of John Paul II in Cracow
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8175-9240
Robert Piechowicz
Pontifical University of John Paul II in Krakow
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8939-3159

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The main purpose of the present paper is to demonstrate that as early as 1904 pre-eminent American mathematician Maxime Bôcher was an adherent to the presently relevant argument of reasonableness, or even necessity of parallel development of two philosophical methods of reflection on mathematics, so that its essence could be more fully comprehended. The goal of the research gives rise to the question: what two types of philosophical deliberation on mathematics were proposed by Bôcher?

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Dadaczyński, J., & Piechowicz, R. (2020). Maxime Bôcher’s concept of complementary philosophy of mathematics. Philosophical Problems in Science (Zagadnienia Filozoficzne W Nauce), (68), 9–36. Retrieved from https://zfn.edu.pl/index.php/zfn/article/view/501
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