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1) There are differing conceptions of the nature of mathematics that have implications for how it is taught. 2) Historically, Plato saw mathematics as existing objectively in the external world, while Aristotle saw it as one of three types of knowledge. 3) Later philosophers like Descartes moved mathematics toward being a deductive system based on axioms, separating it from experimentation.
- Author
- Al Vlear
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- EN