| 书目名称 | Mathematics in Society and History | | 副标题 | Sociological Inquiri | | 编辑 | Sal Restivo | | 视频video | | | 概述 | Includes supplementary material: | | 丛书名称 | Episteme | | 图书封面 |  | | 描述 | This is the first book by a sociologist devoted exclusively toa general sociology of mathematics. The author provides examples ofdifferent ways of thinking about mathematics sociologically. Thesurvey of mathematical traditions covers ancient China, theArabic-Islamic world, India, and Europe. Following the leads ofclassical social theorists such as Emile Durkheim, Restivo developsthe idea that mathematical concepts and ideas are collectiverepresentations, and that it is mathematical communities that createmathematics, not individual mathematicians. The implications of thesociology of mathematics, and especially of pure mathematics, for asociology of mind are also explored. In general, the author‘sobjective is to explore, conjecture, suggest, and stimulate in orderto introduce the sociological perspective on mathematics, and tobroaden and deepen the still narrow, shallow path that today carriesthe sociology of mathematics. .This book will interest specialists in the philosophy, history, andsociology of mathematics, persons interested in mathematics education,students of science and society, and people interested in currentdevelopments in the social and cultural analysis of science an | | 出版日期 | Book 1992 | | 关键词 | arithmetic; education; geometry; Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz; mathematics; Renaissance; science | | 版次 | 1 | | doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-2944-2 | | isbn_softcover | 978-1-4020-0039-3 | | isbn_ebook | 978-94-011-2944-2 | | copyright | Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1992 |
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