Social constructivism as a philosophy of mathematics /

The book offers novel analyses of the important but under-recognized contributions of Wittgenstein and Lakatos to the philosophy of mathematics. Building on their ideas, it develops a theory of mathematical knowledge and its relation to the social context. It offers an original theory of mathematica...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ernest, Paul
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Albany : State University of New York Press, ©1998.
Colección:SUNY series in science, technology, and society.
Temas:
Mathematics > Philosophy.
Constructivism (Philosophy)
Mathématiques > Philosophie.
Constructivisme (Philosophie)
MATHEMATICS > History & Philosophy.
Mathematics > Philosophy
Konstruktivismus > Philosophie
Mathematik
Matemática (filosofia)
Constructivisme (philosophie)
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:The book offers novel analyses of the important but under-recognized contributions of Wittgenstein and Lakatos to the philosophy of mathematics. Building on their ideas, it develops a theory of mathematical knowledge and its relation to the social context. It offers an original theory of mathematical knowledge based on the concept of conversation, and develops the rhetoric of mathematics to account for proof in mathematics. Another novel feature is the account of the social construction of subjective knowledge, which relates the learning of mathematics to philosophy of mathematics via the development of the individual mathematician. It concludes by considering the values of mathematics and its social responsibility.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xiv, 315 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-303) and index.
ISBN:0585075581
9780585075587

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