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International Studies in Phenomenology and Philosophy

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Quantitative form in arguments

Gary Urton

pp. 283-297

Abstract

Many people argue that too much data about the injustices in our world make us numb to the realities of those situations in people's lives. Wasserman's editorial cartoon about the Israeli occupation of Palestine makes this point2: However, we do need to know the meaning of the numbers describing our realities in order to deepen our understandings of our world.

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Mukhopadhyay Swapna, Roth Wolff-Michael (2012) Alternative forms of knowing (in) mathematics: celebrations of diversity of mathematical practices. Rotterdam, SensePublishers.

Pages: 283-297

DOI: 10.1007/978-94-6091-921-3_14

Full citation:

Urton Gary (2012) „Quantitative form in arguments“, In: S. Mukhopadhyay & W. Roth (eds.), Alternative forms of knowing (in) mathematics, Rotterdam, SensePublishers, 283–297.