. Philosophy of Mathematics
As one of the oldest sciences, and as the paradigm of certain and cumulative knowledge, mathematics and its philosophy seems an unlikely area for controversy. But currently the so-called ‘Science Wars’ are raging, mostly in USA, but also in other English-speaking countries, about philosophical views of science and mathematics. Although primarily ignited between realist and social constructivist or science studies accounts of the nature of science, the heated debate has also spilled over into the domain of mathematics. Foundationalists and absolutists, on the one hand, want to maintain that mathematics is certain, cumulative and untouched by social interests or developments beyond the normal patterns of historical growth. Fallibilists, humanists, relativists and social constructivists, on the other hand, have been arguing that mathematics is through and through historical and social, and that there are cultural limitations to its claims of certainty, universality and absoluteness. This controversy can become very heated and even emotionally charged, as correspondence in the American Mathematical Monthly and Mathematical Intelligencer illustrates. Barnard and Saunders (1994) illustrate the negative reaction of some British mathematicians to the claims of fallibilism in philosophy of mathematics.
. Philosophy of Mathematics
As one of the oldest sciences, and as the paradigm of certain and cumulative knowledge, mathematics and its philosophy seems an unlikely area for controversy. But currently the so-called ‘Science Wars’ are raging, mostly in USA, but also in other English-speaking countries, about philosophical views of science and mathematics. Although primarily ignited between realist and social constructivist or science studies accounts of the nature of science, the heated debate has also spilled over into the domain of mathematics. Foundationalists and absolutists, on the one hand, want to maintain that mathematics is certain, cumulative and untouched by social interests or developments beyond the normal patterns of historical growth. Fallibilists, humanists, relativists and social constructivists, on the other hand, have been arguing that mathematics is through and through historical and social, and that there are cultural limitations to its claims of certainty, universality and absoluteness. This controversy can become very heated and even emotionally charged, as correspondence in the American Mathematical Monthly and Mathematical Intelligencer illustrates. Barnard and Saunders (1994) illustrate the negative reaction of some British mathematicians to the claims of fallibilism in philosophy of mathematics.
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