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SUMMARY:The beauty (?) of mathematical proofs
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LOCATION:Monash University\, Clayton\, Australia\, 3800
DESCRIPTION:<p><strong>Abstract</strong></p>\n<p>Mathematicians often use aesthetic vocabulary to describe mathematical proofs: they can be beautiful\, elegant\, ugly etc. In recent years\, philosophers of mathematics have been asking themselves what these descriptions in fact mean: should we take them literally\, as tracking truly aesthetic properties of mathematical proofs\, or are these terms being used as proxy for non-aesthetic properties\, in particular epistemic properties? Starting from the idea that one of the main functions of mathematical proofs is to explain and persuade an interlocutor\, I develop an account of the beauty (or ugliness) of mathematical proofs that seems to allow for a reconciliation of these apparently opposed accounts of aesthetic judgments in mathematics. I do so by discussing the role of&nbsp\;<em>affective responses and emotions</em>&nbsp\;in the practice of mathematical proofs\, thus arguing that the aesthetic and the epistemic are intrinsically related (while not entirely coinciding) in mathematical proofs.</p>
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