James Robert Brown Books

This edition explores significant and timeless questions in mathematical philosophy, examining the role of visual representations in proving concepts, the certainty of mathematical results, and the value of experiments in the field. James Robert Brown delves into these critical issues, offering fresh insights and perspectives that challenge traditional views within the mathematical sciences.

"What if something as seemingly academic as the so-called science wars were to determine how we live?"

This work critically examines the approach to science of Bloor, Barnes and other "strong program" sociologists who advocate a "science of science" or "finitism." It takes a similarly critical look at anthropologists in the lab such as Collins, Latour, and Woolgar. Indeed, The Rational and the Social tries to determine the ways in which social forces and rational theory choice interact with one another; it then offers a strategy for dealing with the social, resulting in the improvement of science.