Mathematics and Metaphor

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  • Paul Ernest

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29173/cmplct8844

Abstract

A Response to Elizabeth Mowat & Brent Davis.

Author Biography

Paul Ernest

Paul Ernest is emeritus professor of philosophy of mathematics education at Exeter University, UK and visiting professor in Oslo and Trondheim, Norway. His main research interests concern fundamental questions about the nature of mathematics and how it relates to teaching, learning and society. His best known publications are The Philosophy of Mathematics Education, Falmer 1991, and Social Constructivism as a Philosophy of Mathematics, SUNY Press, 1998. He founded and edits the Philosophy of Mathematics Education Journal, accessed via his web page at http://www.people.ex.ac.uk/PErnest/.

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Published

2010-01-01

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Invited Responses