[Math] Good books on Philosophy of Mathematics

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Where can I learn more about the implications, meta discussions, history and the foundations of mathematics?

Is Russell's Introduction to Mathematical Philosophy a good start?

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I think there are probably some good introduction to "classical" philosophy of math that I'm not aware of, but what I find most interesting are modern treatments of philosophy of math.

Lakoff and Nunez's book called Where Mathematics Comes From: How the Embodied Mind Brings Mathematics into Being uses modern cognitive science to discuss philosophy of math.

David Corfield's Toward a Philosophy of Real Mathematics is a fascinating look at what mathematicians actually do (as opposed to most philosophy of math done by philosophers that don't know much math).

I have lots of other suggestions, but I'll let other people have their say as well (and moreover this wasn't quite what you were asking for).

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