Mathematics and Forms of Life

According to Wittgenstein, mathematics is embedded in, and partly constituting, a form of life. Hence, to imagine different, alternative forms of elementary mathematics, we should have to imagine different practices, different forms of life in which they could play a role. If we tried to imagine a r...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Severin Schroeder
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nordic Wittgenstein Society 2015-10-01
Series:Nordic Wittgenstein Review
Online Access:http://www.nordicwittgensteinreview.com/article/view/3357