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Redeeming The Symbols: Madeleine L'Engle And The Interpreting Of Contemporary Geometry In The Christian Tradition, C. Christopher Smith
Redeeming The Symbols: Madeleine L'Engle And The Interpreting Of Contemporary Geometry In The Christian Tradition, C. Christopher Smith
Inklings Forever: Published Colloquium Proceedings 1997-2016
In Madeleine L’Engle’s book, A Stone for a Pillow, she discusses how the Christian faith is often concerned with redeeming symbols into something good. This paper examines the redemption of contemporary geometry and how it reflects the truths of the Christian faith.
The Deconstruction Of Mathematics: A Criticism Of Reuben Hersh's What Is Mathematics, Really? And The Humanist Philosophy Of Mathematics, David J. Stucki
The Deconstruction Of Mathematics: A Criticism Of Reuben Hersh's What Is Mathematics, Really? And The Humanist Philosophy Of Mathematics, David J. Stucki
Mathematics Faculty Scholarship
Mathematics, as an academic discipline, has stood for many years as the last bastion against a growing tide of intellectual relativism that has become all but ubiquitous. More recently, however, efforts have been made to "humanize" mathematics by advocating a social-constructivist approach to the philosophy of mathematics, both in practice and education. This paper is intended to serve as a critical response to one advocate of this approach, Reuben Hersh (What Is Mathematics, Really?, 1997), and in the process a defense of Platonism.