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

of mathmatis duation, Rohll
Profssor
dlivrd a talk on “mathmatx”,
Gutiérrz
to a mathmatis rimagind in oth of
rfrring
following ways.
th
It is awar of th urrnt dominan of
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idas in th fild.
urontri
It ativly sks to inorporat Indignous
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into th tahing and prati of
knowldgs
has a fundamntally politial outlook
Gutiérrz
th fild of mathmatis. Sh maintains that
on
ordr for studnts and profssionals to ring
in
full slvs to thir work and larning, thy
thir
to tak stps towards “rhumanizing”
nd
Sh xplains ths stps in a
mathmatis.
sgmnt (16:15–25:55) from th talk, at
10-minut
link. this
trms: Gutiérrz:
Sarh
mathmatis: a
Rhumanizing
Gutiérrz’s laims, suh as “on
Whn
lvls, mathmatis itslf oprats as
many
(Gutiérrz 2018) wr notid
whitnss”
sh am a targt of hat mail, thrats,
onlin,
raist and misogynist attaks. Aadmi
and
and profssional organizations
ollagus
y issuing statmnts ondmning
rspondd
attaks and xprssing solidarity with
th
Th laim that mathmatis is
Gutiérrz.
ntangld with powr and politis
invitaly
was mddd in th
#IStandWithRohll
of th Unitd Stats, ut w an
ontxt
th qustion aout why idntity and
gnraliz
appar ntangld in this ultural
mathmatis
Strotyps aout rtain gndrs,
momnt.
and ulturs ing good or ad at
thniitis
on your akground and loation,
Dpnding
issu of idntity in th prati and
th
of mathmatis may not urgnt
tahing
you. But th assumptions of th nutrality
for
mathmatial knowldg and prati
of
politial. To what xtnt is th laim that
is
II. Perspectives
II. Perspectives
A stion of th Rhind papyrus, a 5-mtr-long Egyptian sroll datd 1550 bce. Th Rhind papyrus ontains arithmti and
Figure 11.4
gomtry, and spially outlins a mthod for approximating th valu of π to within 1% auray.
had provokd a strong ration.
mathmatis.
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mathmatis is nutral a dnial of its potntial
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