Hermeneutics and mathematical activity

Brown, Tony (1991) Hermeneutics and mathematical activity. Educational Studies in Mathematics, 22 (5). pp. 475-480. ISSN 0013-1954

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Abstract

This paper sets out to explore how hermeneutics might offer an approach to describing the nature of developing understanding in mathematical activity. In discussing the relationship between mathematics and mathematical activity it shows how hermeneutical understanding provides an opportunity to avoid positivistic descriptions that draw a hard distinction between the process and content of learning mathematics. Further, it suggests that personal interpretation underlies all mathematical understanding.

Item Type:	Article
Peer-reviewed:	Yes
Date Deposited:	24 Jan 2019 13:35
Publisher:	Springer Nature America, Inc
Additional Information:	This is an Author Accepted Manuscript of a paper accepted for publication in Educational Studies in Mathematics, published by and copyright Springer.
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Subject terms:	1302 Curriculum and Pedagogy, Education
URI:	https://e-space.mmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/622351
DOI:	https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00367909
ISSN	0013-1954

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