Footnote:

Or, as it has been illuminatingly described by Reuben Hersh: “Most writers on the subject seem to agree that the typical 'working mathematician' is a Platonist on weekdays and a formalist on Sundays”. See Reuben Hersh, “Some Proposals for Reviving the Philosophy of Mathematics,” Advances in Mathematics 31 (1979), pp. 31-50. 

 

Calculating the Limits of Poetic License:
Fictional Narrative and the History of Mathematics
Leo Corry - Tel Aviv University