Description: Extends the ideas of social constructivism to the philosophy of mathematics, developing a powerful critique of traditional absolutist conceptions of mathematics, and proposing a reconceptualization of the philosophy of mathematics.
Brief description: Paul Ernest is Reader in Mathematics Education, School of Education, University of Exeter in the United Kingdom. He is editor of Mathematics Teaching: The State of the Art; Mathematics, Education and Philosophy: An International Perspective; Constructing Mathematical Knowledge: Epistemology and Mathematics Education; and author of The Philosophy of Mathematics Education.
Review Quotes:
"The scholarship is extensive and deep and the conclusions are convincing. This book contains the best presentation I have read for the social constructivist position on the philosophy of mathematics." - Philip J. Davis, Brown University