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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Front Matter
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How to Deal with Mathematical Practice?
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Taking Mathematical Practice Seriously
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The Special Case of Mathematical Education
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About this book
Philosophy of mathematics today has transformed into a very complex network of diverse ideas, viewpoints, and theories. Sometimes the emphasis is on the "classical" foundational work (often connected with the use of formal logical methods), sometimes on the sociological dimension of the mathematical research community and the "products" it produces, then again on the education of future mathematicians and the problem of how knowledge is or should be transmitted from one generation to the next.
The editors of this book felt the urge, first of all, to bring together the widest variety of authors from these different domains and, secondly, to show that this diversity does not exclude a sufficient number of common elements to be present. In the eyes of the editors, this book will be considered a success if it can convince its readers of the following: that it is warranted to dream of a realistic and full-fledged theory of mathematical practices, in the plural. If such a theory is possible, it would mean that a number of presently existing fierce oppositions between philosophers, sociologists, educators, and other parties involved, are in fact illusory.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Perspectives on Mathematical Practices
Book Subtitle: Bringing Together Philosophy of Mathematics, Sociology of Mathematics, and Mathematics Education
Editors: Bart Kerkhove, Jean Paul Bendegem
Series Title: Logic, Epistemology, and the Unity of Science
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-5034-8
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2007
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-5033-6Published: 30 November 2006
Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-7260-3Published: 20 November 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4020-5034-3Published: 01 June 2007
Series ISSN: 2214-9775
Series E-ISSN: 2214-9783
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 242
Topics: Philosophy of Science, Philosophy, general, Mathematical Logic and Foundations, Mathematics Education