- Author
- Year
- 2010
- host editors
-
B. Van Kerkhove
J. De Vuyst
J.P. Van Bendegem - Title
- Mathematical knowledge: a case study in empirical philosophy of mathematics
- Book title
- Philosophical perspectives on mathematical practice
- Pages (from-to)
- 185-203
- Number of pages
- 372
- Publisher
- London: College Publications
- ISBN
- 978-1-90987-59-8
- Series
- Texts in philosophy, 12
- Document type
- Chapter
- Faculty
- Interfacultary Research
- Institute
- Institute for Logic, Language and Computation (ILLC)
- Abstract
- In this paper, we present a paradigm for the philosopher of mathematics who takes mathematical practice seriously: Empirical Philosophy of Mathematics. In this philosophical paradigm, we use empirical methods (from sociology, psychology, cognitive science, didactics) to evaluate empirical questions connected to or derived from philosophical positions about mathematics. The paper presents a concrete case study.
- Link
- Link
- Language
- English
- Persistent Identifier
- https://hdl.handle.net/11245/1.332953
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