Social constructivism as a philosophy of mathematics /

Main Author: Ernest, Paul.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Albany : State University of New York Press, ©1998.
Series:SUNY series in science, technology, and society
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Online Access:http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=7352
Table of Contents:
  • A critique of absolutism in the philosophy of mathematics
  • Reconceptualizing the philosophy of mathematics
  • Wittgenstein's philosophy of mathematics
  • Lakatos's philosophy of mathematics
  • The social construction of objective knowledge
  • Conversation and rhetoric
  • The social construction of subjective knowledge
  • Social constructivism: evaluation and values.