Theory of Knowledge - Course Companion for Students Marija Uzunova Dang Arvin Singh Uzunov Dang

11 Mathematics
th AOKs, mathmatis stands apart in important ways. It is said to th languag of th
Among
sins, an important ally to th human sins, and a slf-ontaind disiplin in its own
natural
Without mathmatis, som of th othr AOKs might waknd, and yt mathmatis would
right.
to do prftly wll y itslf. Or would it? In this haptr, w xplor what it mans to know
sm
univrs mathmatially, whthr it has n disovrd or ratd, and why it is thought of
th
as a languag, prati and ody of knowldg.
simultanously
with all th AOKs, th oundaris of
As
ar not dfinitivly drawn. Thr
mathmatis
vidn of humans pratising mathmatis
is
as long as writtn rords xist. In anint
for
algra, arithmti and gomtry
Msopotamia,
usd for various appliations inluding
wr
astronomy and arhittur as arly
taxation,
3000 bce. W still masur tim and angls
as
th numral systm asd on 60 (alld th
using
systm) dvlopd in Baylonian
sxagsimal
might be the ultimate intellectual
[M]athematics
… numeracy is one of the dening
endeavour.
of modernity… . Perhaps more than any other
features
mathematics is about the study of ideas.
subject,
is mathmatis? Philosophrs and
What
oftn answr this qustion y rfrring
historians
I . S C O P E
(Levy-Eichel 2018)
to th ontnts and mthods of mathmatis.
mathmatis.
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