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Reuben Hersh is a mathematician and author who has written extensively on the philosophy of mathematics. He was born in New York City on December 9, 1927. He received his Ph.D. in mathematics from the University of Chicago in 1954. Hersh is best known for his work on the philosophy of mathematics, particularly his book What Is Mathematics, Really? (Oxford University Press, 1997). He has also written extensively on the history of mathematics, including his book The Mathematical Experience (Birkhäuser, 1981). Hersh has been a professor at the University of New Mexico since 1965. He is a Fellow of the American Mathematical Society and a member of the National Academy of Sciences. He has received numerous awards, including the National Book Award for Science in 1998. Hersh is married to mathematician Vera Pless. They have two children.

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2014

Hersh advocated what he called a "humanist" philosophy of mathematics, opposed to both Platonism (so-called "realism") and its rivals nominalism/fictionalism/formalism. He held that mathematics is real, and its reality is social-cultural-historical, located in the shared thoughts of those who learn it, teach it, and create it. His article "The Kingdom of Math is Within You" (a chapter in his Experiencing Mathematics, 2014) explains how mathematicians' proofs compel agreement, even when they are inadequate as formal logic. He sympathized with the perspectives on mathematics of Imre Lakatos and Where Mathematics Comes From, George Lakoff and Rafael Nunez, Basic Books.

1981

Hersh was best known as the co-author with Philip J. Davis of The Mathematical Experience (1981), which won a National Book Award in Science. Hersh and Martin Davis won the 1984 Chauvenet Prize for their Scientific American article on Hilbert's tenth problem.

1946

After receiving a B.A. in English literature from Harvard University in 1946, Hersh spent a decade writing for Scientific American and working as a machinist. After losing his right thumb when working with a band saw, he decided to study mathematics at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences. In 1962, he was awarded a Ph.D. in mathematics from New York University; his advisor was P.D. Lax. He was affiliated with the University of New Mexico since 1964, where he was professor emeritus.

1927

Reuben Hersh (December 9, 1927 – January 3, 2020) was an American mathematician and academic, best known for his writings on the nature, practice, and social impact of mathematics. Although he was generally known as Reuben Hersh, late in life he sometimes used the name Reuben Laznovsky in recognition of his father's ancestral family name. His work challenges and complements mainstream philosophy of mathematics.

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