Buch, Englisch, 166 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 405 g
- about Language, Mathematics, Knowledge and Life-Worlds
Buch, Englisch, 166 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 405 g
ISBN: 978-94-6091-027-2
Verlag: Brill Academic Publishers
Ole Skovsmose tries to show that mathematics, like any other language, includes presumptions, ideas, and priorities. Mathematics does not provide a step out of the metaphysics that accompanies natural language, as suggested by many, who see mathematics as the language of objectivity. By investigating how mathematics forms part of technological endeavours, Ole Skovsmose explores how also mathematics itself embraces a range of metaphysical assumptions.
This observation has implications for how we interpret the most general aspects of human life. Thus, Ole Skovsmose sees our life-worlds as fabricated and mathematics as being crucial to this fabrication. It constitutes part of the human condition, although it can be a highly dubious and frightful constitution.