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Philosophical, multicultural and interdisciplinary issues

2002; Springer Nature; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1007/0-306-47220-1_2

2215-1745

Lucía Grugnetti, Leo Rogers, Jaime Carvalho e Silva, Coralie Daniel, Daniel Coray, Miguel de Guzmán, Hélène Gispert, Abdulcarimo Ismael, Lesley Jones, Marta Menghini, George Philippou, Luis Radford, Ernesto Rottoli, Daina Taimiņa, Wendy Troy, Carlos Eduardo Vasco,

Philosophy and History of Science

School mathematics reflects the wider aspect of mathematics as a cultural activity. From the philosophical point of view, mathematics must be seen as a human activity both done within individual cultures and also standing outside any particular one. From the interdisciplinary point of view, students find their understanding both of mathematics and their other subjects enriched through the history of mathematics. From the cultural point of view, mathematical evolution comes from a sum of many contributions growing from different cultures.