Mathematics and argumentation

Foundations of Science 14 (1-2):1-8 (2009)
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Some authors have begun to appeal directly to studies of argumentation in their analyses of mathematical practice. These include researchers from an impressively diverse range of disciplines: not only philosophy of mathematics and argumentation theory, but also psychology, education, and computer science. This introduction provides some background to their work.

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Fallacies.Charles Leonard Hamblin - 1970 - Newport News, Va.: Vale Press.
Argumentation Schemes.Douglas Walton, Christopher Reed & Fabrizio Macagno - 2008 - Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press. Edited by Chris Reed & Fabrizio Macagno.
Realism in mathematics.Penelope Maddy - 1990 - New York: Oxford University Prress.
The Uses of Argument.Stephen Toulmin - 1958 - Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press.

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