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Author:   Sal Restivo ,  Jean Paul van Van Bendegem ,  Roland Fischer
Publisher:   State University of New York Press
Imprint:   State University of New York Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.417kg
ISBN:  

9780791413302

ISBN 10:   0791413306
Pages:   292
Publication Date:   15 April 1993
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

I. GENERAL INTRODUCTION 1. The Promethean Task of Bringing Mathematics to Earth Sal Restivo II. PHILOSOPHICAL PERSPECTIVES 2. Foundations of Mathematics or Mathematical Practice: Is One Forced to Choose? Jean Paul Van Bendegem 3. A Naturalized Epistemology for a Platonist Mathematical Ontology Michael D. Resnik 4. Mathematical Skepticism: Are We Brains in a Countable Vat? Thomas Tymoczko 5. Philosophical Problems of Mathematics in the Light of Evolutionary Epistemology Yehuda Rav III. MATHEMATICS, POLITICS, AND PEDAGOGY 6. Mathematics as a Means and as a System Roland Fischer 7. Reflections on the Foundations of Research on Women and Mathematics Helga Jungwirth 8. Politicizing the Mathematics Classroom Nel Noddings 9. The Dialogical Nature of Reflective Knowledge Ole Skovsmose 10. Applied Mathematics as Social Contract Philip J. Davis IV. MATHEMATICS, SOCIETY, AND SOCIAL CHANGE 11. Mathematics and Social Change Roland Fischer 12. The Social System of Mathematics and National Socialism: A Survey Herbert Mehrtens 13. The Social Life of Mathematics Sal Restivo Contributors Subject Index Name Index

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Philosophy of mathematics has become a major area of interest for philosophers and historians of ideas in the last few years; and the swing has been toward examining the social context and processes involved in mathematics rather than taking it as a transcendent body of truths. This book is very up to date in this respect. It will prove to be the cutting-edge statement on the sociological approach to mathematics on both philosophical and theoretical issues, and it sets a new goal for reforming mathematical education. - Randall Collins, University of California, Riverside

"""Philosophy of mathematics has become a major area of interest for philosophers and historians of ideas in the last few years; and the swing has been toward examining the social context and processes involved in mathematics rather than taking it as a transcendent body of truths. This book is very up to date in this respect. It will prove to be the cutting-edge statement on the sociological approach to mathematics on both philosophical and theoretical issues, and it sets a new goal for reforming mathematical education."" - Randall Collins, University of California, Riverside"

Author Information

Sal Restivo is Professor of Sociology and Science Studies at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He is the author of The Social Relations of Physics, Mysticism, and Mathematics; The Sociological Worldview; Mathematics in Society and History; and Science, Society, and Values: Toward a Sociology of Objectivity. Jean Paul Van Bendegem is Professor of Philosophy and Logic at Vrije Universiteit in Brussels, and editor of the journal Philosophica. He is the author of Finite, Empirical Mathematics: Outline of a Model, and co-editor of Theory and Experiment. Roland Fischer is University Professor of Mathematics at Interuniversitares Forschungsinstitut fur Ferstudien in Klagenfurt, Austria. He is co-author of Mensch und Mathematik, and founder of the Journal of Mathematik-Didaktik.

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