Mathematical Understanding and the role of Counterexamples and Pathologies: a case study in Mathematical Analysis.

Pathological objects and counterexamples play an important role in mathematical understanding even though there is no precise definition of them. What is a pathological object? What makes a mathematical object pathological?The aim of this paper is to try to give a partial response to these questio...

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Main Author: Carmen Martínez-Adame
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad El Bosque 2018-06-01
Series:Revista Colombiana de Filosofía de la Ciencia
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Online Access:https://revistas.unbosque.edu.co/index.php/rcfc/article/view/2334