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International Studies in Phenomenology and Philosophy

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A matter of translation

Gert Kadunz

pp. 127-138

Abstract

This chapter concentrates on the often formulated question about the ontological status of the concepts of mathematics. As an alternative to philosophical approaches this paper uses arguments from linguistics and semiotics. Through comparing mathematics in school and mathematics at the university we are confronting the question of how to translate between the two of them. The result of such deliberations is that at least the assumption of a Platonistic view on mathematical concepts is not fruitful.

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Presmeg Norma, Radford Luis, Roth Wolff-Michael, Kadunz Gert (2018) Signs of signification: semiotics in mathematics education research. Dordrecht, Springer.

Pages: 127-138

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-70287-2_7

Full citation:

Kadunz Gert (2018) „A matter of translation“, In: N. Presmeg, L. Radford, W. Roth & G. Kadunz (eds.), Signs of signification, Dordrecht, Springer, 127–138.