Social Constructivism as a Philosophy of Mathematics by Paul Ernest
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."The scholarship is extensive and deep and the conclusions are convincingThis book contains the best presentation I have read for the social constructivist position on the philosophy of mathematics." — Philip J. Davis, Brown University
Paul Ernest is Reader in Mathematics Education, School of Education, University of Exeter in the United Kingdom. He is editor of Mathematics Teaching: The State of the Art; Mathematics, Education and Philosophy: An International Perspective; Constructing Mathematical Knowledge: Epistemology and Mathematics Education; and author of The Philosophy of Mathematics Education.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780791435885 |
| ISBN 10 | 0791435881 |
| Title | Social Constructivism as a Philosophy of Mathematics |
| Author | Paul Ernest |
| Series | Suny Series Reform In Mathematics Education |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | State University of New York Press |
| Year published | 1997-11-25 |
| Number of pages | 315 |
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