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Social constructivism as a philosophy of mathematics
- Title
- Social constructivism as a philosophy of mathematics / Paul Ernest.
- Author
- Ernest, Paul.
- Publication
- Albany : State University of New York Press, ©1998.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | QA8.4 .E76 1998 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xiv, 315 pages; 24 cm.
- Summary
- 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.
- Series Statement
- SUNY series in science, technology, and society
- SUNY series, reform in mathematics education
- Uniform Title
- SUNY series in science, technology, and society
- SUNY series, reform in mathematics education
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-303) and index.
- Contents
- A critique of absolutism in the philosophy of mathematics -- Reconceptualizing the philosophy of mathematics -- Wittgenstein's philosophy of mathematics -- Lakatos's philosophy of mathematics -- The social construction of objective knowledge -- Conversation and rhetoric -- The social construction of subjective knowledge -- Social constructivism: evaluation and values.
- ISBN
- 0791435873
- 9780791435878
- 0791435881
- 9780791435885
- 0585075581
- 9780585075587
- LCCN
- 97003515
- OCLC
- ocm36246044
- 36246044
- SCSB-181711
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library