Semiotic fiddling while a digital Rome burns

By Jon Borwein, on June 23rd, 2009%

Semiotic fiddling while a digital Rome burns

“So to summarise, according to the citation count, in order of descent, the authors are listening to themselves, dead philosophers, other specialists in semiotic work in mathematics education research, other mathematics education research researchers and then just occasionally to social scientists but almost never to other education researchers, . . . → Read More: Semiotic fiddling while a digital Rome burns

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Review of “Are Science and Mathematics Socially Constructed?”

By David Bailey, on June 21st, 2009%

Richard C. Brown, Are Science and Mathematics Socially Constructed?: A Mathematician Encounters Postmodern Interpretations of Science, World Scientific, 2009.

In this book, Brown recounts the rise of what is now known as the “postmodern interpretations of science” (PIS) or “sociology of scientific knowledge” (SSK) movement. In addition to pioneers Karl Popper and Thomas Kuhn (the latter . . . → Read More: Review of “Are Science and Mathematics Socially Constructed?”

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By David Bailey, on June 19th, 2009%

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Thereof one cannot speak

By Jon Borwein, on June 10th, 2009%

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Rather we are motivated by Samuel Johnson’s definition of a:

lexicographer, n., a writer of dictionaries; a harmless drudge, that . . . → Read More: Thereof one cannot speak

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Einstein on the “cosmic religious feeling” as motive for scientific research

By David Bailey, on June 10th, 2009%

Albert Einstein once wrote:

“On the other hand, I maintain that the cosmic religious feeling is the strongest and noblest motive for scientific research. Only those who realize the immense efforts and, above all, the devotion without which pioneer work in theoretical science cannot be achieved are able to grasp the strength of . . . → Read More: Einstein on the “cosmic religious feeling” as motive for scientific research

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