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Understanding Without Proof.  Posted by rattlesnake, this article looks at the George Lakoff and Rafael E. Núñez book, Where Mathematics Comes From.  It also plays on Proof Without Understanding and uses a lengthy example inspired by a quotation from Benjamin Pierce.  So there is something about chasing threads and noticing harmonies in all this too.
posted by Dennis at 5/2/2004 11:17:25 AM