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Relativism, post-factualism, and the epistemology of mathematics
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Discussions in mathematics education research have lately turned towards the phenomenon of post-factual discourses and reflected on the role of mathematics education in facing this challenge. While contributions so far have focussed on fact checking, source criticism, and a critical attitude towards mathematical models, this essay establishes that such scepticism lies at the very heart of post-factualism, and that its use in education bears the danger of producing and fortifying post-factual attitudes instead of overcoming them. It is shown that instead we require to acknowledge the roots of such scepticism in relativist epistemologies and to find answers to the question how facts are possible if all knowledge is relative. This essay refers to Hacking’s framework of styles of reasoning as a possible solution to this dilemma.

Schlagworte: Mathematical reasoning; Proof; Mathematical modelling; Post-factual politics; Epistemology; Styles of reasoning
Kurztitel: Relativism and mathematics
Zeitraum: 01.06.2020 - 31.12.2021
Kontakt-Email: david.kollosche@aau.at
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David Kollosche (intern)
  • Projektleiter/in
  • 01.06.2020 - 31.12.2021

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Projekttyp laufender Arbeitsschwerpunkt
Förderungstyp Sonstiger
Forschungstyp
  • Grundlagenforschung
Sachgebiete
  • 503015 - Fachdidaktik Technische Wissenschaften
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  • Bildungsforschung
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  • Science to Science (Qualitätsindikator: I)
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Arbeitsgruppen
  • Mathematikdidaktik

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