Cultures of Mathematics and Logic

Selected papers from the conference in Guangzhou, China, 9-12 November 2012
Herausgegeben:Ju, Shier; Löwe, Benedikt; Müller, Thomas; Xie, Yun

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Produktbeschreibung

This bookgathers the proceedings of the conference "Cultures of Mathematics andLogic," held in Guangzhou, China. The event was the third in a series ofinterdisciplinary, international conferences emphasizing the culturalcomponents of philosophy of mathematics and logic. It brought togetherresearchers from many disciplines whose work sheds new light on the diversityof mathematical and logical cultures and practices. In this context, thecultural diversity can be diachronical (different cultures in differenthistorical periods), geographical (different cultures in different regions), orsociological in nature.

Produktdetails

• Trends in the History of Science
• Verlag: Birkhäuser / Springer International Publishing / Springer, Berlin
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-3-319-31500-3
• 1st ed. 2016
• Seitenzahl: 123
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 242mm x 168mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 321g
• ISBN-13: 9783319315003
• ISBN-10: 3319315005
• Artikelnr.: 44535996

Inhaltsangabe

Preface.- Brendan Larvor: Whatare mathematical cultures?.- BenediktLöwe: Philosophy or not? The study of cultures and practices of mathematics.-Baptiste Mélès: Abacus as aProgramming Language: Computer Science and History of Mathematics.- Stig Andur Pedersen: Mathematics inEngineering and Science.- JohannesWietzke: A Fashionable Curiosity: Claudius Ptolemy's "Desire forKnowledge" in Literary Context.- Jia-MingYing: Transmission and interactions among different types of geometricalargumentations: From Jesuits in China to Nam Py ng-Gil in Korea.