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International Studies in Phenomenology and Philosophy

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School mathematics and "real" mathematics

Bonnie Gold

pp. 125-137

Abstract

This is a good time in the history of mathematics to reconsider the question "What is mathematics?" due to the large number of new fields of mathematics, and fields close to mathematics that we don't consider to be mathematics, developed in the last century. What do subjects that are considered mathematics have in common, that those that are not part of mathematics lack? As a contribution to this approach, we discuss here the extent to which school mathematics is "real" mathematics.

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Sriraman Bharath (2017) Humanizing mathematics and its philosophy: essays celebrating the 90th birthday of Reuben Hersh. Basel, Birkhäuser.

Pages: 125-137

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-61231-7_12

Full citation:

Gold Bonnie (2017) „School mathematics and "real" mathematics“, In: B. Sriraman (ed.), Humanizing mathematics and its philosophy, Basel, Birkhäuser, 125–137.