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On The Interdisciplinary Study of Mathematical Practice, with a Real Live Case Study

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Perspectives On Mathematical Practices

Part of the book series: Logic, Epistemology, and the Unity of Science ((LEUS,volume 5))

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The study of mathematical practice is not the private property of philosophers. Many other disciplines, especially including mathematicians, are engaged in it. As a case study, an elementary derivation of Heon’s area formula is presented, and then analyzed methodologically and ontologically.

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  1. University of New Mexico, Mexico

    Reuben Hersh

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  1. Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium

    Bart van Kerkhove  & Jean Paul van Bendegem  & 

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Hersh, R. (2007). On The Interdisciplinary Study of Mathematical Practice, with a Real Live Case Study. In: van Kerkhove, B., van Bendegem, J.P. (eds) Perspectives On Mathematical Practices. Logic, Epistemology, and the Unity of Science, vol 5. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-5034-8_13

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