Social constructivism as a philosophy of mathematics

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 mathematica...

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Main Author: Ernest, Paul.
Other Authors: EBSCOhost.
Format: eBook
Language: English
Published: Albany : State University of New York Press, [1998]
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 315 pages).
Series: SUNY series in science, technology, and society.
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