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Special issue published on "Mathematical Argumentation" (Foundations of Science)

Mathematical Argumentation
A special issue of "Foundations of Science"
Edited by Andrew Aberdein and Ian J. Dove

Volume 14 Number 1-2 of "Foundations of Science" is now available on
the SpringerLink web site at http://springer.r.delivery.net/r/r?
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Final drafts of the papers remain available at http://my.fit.edu/
~aberdein/argmath/Papers.html.

CONTENTS

Mathematics and Argumentation
Andrew Aberdein

Why Do Informal Proofs Conform to Formal Norms?
Jody Azzouni

The Surveyability of Long Proofs
Edwin Coleman

Mathematical Arguments in Context
Jean Paul Bendegem, Bart Kerkhove

The Role of Diagrams in Mathematical Arguments
David Sherry

Main Problems of Diagrammatic Reasoning. Part I: The generalization
problem
Zenon Kulpa

On the Persuasiveness of Visual Arguments in Mathematics
Matthew Inglis, Juan Pablo Meja-Ramos

Bridging the Gap Between Argumentation Theory and the Philosophy of
Mathematics
Alison Pease, Alan Smaill, Simon Colton, John Lee

Towards a Theory of Mathematical Argument
Ian J. Dove

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A n d r e w   A b e r d e i n,  P h. D.
Humanities and Communication,
Florida Institute of Technology,
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Melbourne, Florida 32901-6975, U.S.A.
[+1] (321) 674 8368   http://my.fit.edu/~aberdein/