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The Disciplinarity of Mathematical Practice

  • Eric Livingston

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Abstract

Despite an extensive literature on the nature and origins of mathematical truth, few if any studies exist of the everyday practices through which the adequacy of mathematical argumentation is cultivated and assessed. The work of a novice prover afforded insight into these practices and, in particular, into the disciplined character of discovering and proving mathematical theorems.
Original languageEnglish
Article numberArticle 12
Pages (from-to)198-222
JournalJournal of Humanistic Mathematics
Volume5
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2015

Keywords

  • Mathematical Logic, Set Theory, Lattices and Universal Algebra
  • Pure Mathematics
  • Social and Cultural Anthropology

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