- Tytuł:
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Poznawcze funkcje matematyki
Cognitive Functions of Mathematics - Autorzy:
- Mrozek, Jarosław
- Powiązania:
- https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/967962.pdf
- Data publikacji:
- 2001-12-01
- Wydawca:
- Uniwersytet Warszawski. Wydział Filozofii
- Opis:
- The paper is an attempt to present the cognitive functions of mathematics in relation to empirical sciences. Firstly - mathematics is a 'generator' of mathematical categories used in natural sciences. In this sense mathematics is a science about the tools of cognition which it creates or perfects. Secondly - mathematics plays the role of 'prism' through which we view the world because some phenomena e.g. from the micro- and macro-world can only be seen through the prism of mathematical structures and notions. And thirdly - mathematics is also a 'selector' of cognitive content. It eliminates from the cognitive field these phenomena which presently can't be grasped by the existing mathematical structures. It is worth noticing that the functions of mathematics: 'selector' and 'prism' are complementary in some sense; although they are opposites ('prism' lets you 'see' something, and 'selector' restricts this 'seeing'), they don't exclude each other.
- Źródło:
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Filozofia Nauki; 2001, 9, 4; 29-37
1230-6894
2657-5868 - Pojawia się w:
- Filozofia Nauki
- Dostawca treści:
- Biblioteka Nauki