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Making and Breaking Mathematical Sense: Histories and Philosophies of Mathematical Practice
Roi Wagner
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Description for Making and Breaking Mathematical Sense: Histories and Philosophies of Mathematical Practice
Hardback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 3 halftones. 14 line illus. BIC Classification: PBB; PBX; PDA; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 245 x 164 x 26. Weight in Grams: 546.
In line with the emerging field of philosophy of mathematical practice, this book pushes the philosophy of mathematics away from questions about the reality and truth of mathematical entities and statements and toward a focus on what mathematicians actually do--and how that evolves and changes over time. How do new mathematical entities come to be? What internal, natural, cognitive, and social constraints shape mathematical cultures? How do mathematical signs form and reform their meanings? How can we model the cognitive processes at play in mathematical evolution? And how does mathematics tie together ideas, reality, and applications? Roi Wagner uniquely ... Read more
In line with the emerging field of philosophy of mathematical practice, this book pushes the philosophy of mathematics away from questions about the reality and truth of mathematical entities and statements and toward a focus on what mathematicians actually do--and how that evolves and changes over time. How do new mathematical entities come to be? What internal, natural, cognitive, and social constraints shape mathematical cultures? How do mathematical signs form and reform their meanings? How can we model the cognitive processes at play in mathematical evolution? And how does mathematics tie together ideas, reality, and applications? Roi Wagner uniquely ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691171715
SKU
V9780691171715
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About Roi Wagner
Roi Wagner is a research fellow at the Minerva Humanities Center at Tel Aviv University, where he earned PhDs in both mathematics and the history and philosophy of science. He is the author of S(Zp,Zp): Post-Structural Readings of Godel's Proof and a coeditor of Sourcebook in the Mathematics of Medieval Europe and North Africa (Princeton).
Reviews for Making and Breaking Mathematical Sense: Histories and Philosophies of Mathematical Practice
[Making and Breaking Mathematical Sense] offers a substantial and interesting treatment of issues in the philosophy of mathematical practice.
Calvin Jongsma, MAA Reviews
Calvin Jongsma, MAA Reviews