The Psychology of Invention in the Mathematical Field

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Author(s): Jacques Hadamard
Publisher: Dover
Year: 1954

Language: English
Commentary: complete

Title page
INTRODUCTION
I. GENERAL VIEWS AND INQUIRIES
II. DISCUSSIONS ON UNCONSCIOUSNESS
III. THE UNCONSCIOUS AND DISCOVERY
IV. THE PREPARATION STAGE. LOGIC AND CHANCE
V. THE LATER CONSCIOUS WORK
VI. DISCOVERY AS A SYNTHESIS. THE HELP OF SIGNS
VII. DIFFERENT KINDS OF MATHEMATICAL MINDS
VIII. PARADOXICAL CASES OF INTUITION
IX. THE GENERAL DIRECTION OF RESEARCH
FINAL REMARKS
APPENDIX I
APPENDIX II
APPENDIX III