The Separation of Mathematics from Reality in Scientific and Educational Discourse
Schürmann, Uwe
Research article (book contribution) | Peer reviewedAbstract
This contribution aims to illustrate that the separation between mathematics and reality is an outcome of several shifts in historic mathematics discourse. Therefore, Foucault's method of problematisation and Deleuze's distinction between axiomatic and problematic formalisation in mathematics are used to emphasize these shifts. Afterwards, a special attention is paid to mathematics teaching in German history. Here, it will be considered how reality was treated in the mathematics classroom due to the socio-political circumstances at a particular time.
Details about the publication
Publisher: Ernest, Paul
Book title: The Philosophy of Mathematics Education Today
Page range: 241-251
Publishing company: Springer VDI Verlag
Place of publication: Cham
Title of series: ICME-13 Monographs (ISSN: 2520-8322)
Status: Published
Release year: 2018
Language in which the publication is written: English
ISBN: 978-3-319-77759-7
Link to the full text: https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-77760-3_15
Keywords: Deleuze; Foucault; Frege; Kant; Mathematics; education; reality; separation
Authors from the University of Münster
| Schürmann, Uwe | Professorship of Mathematics Didactics with a focus on secondary schools (Prof. Greefrath) |