TY - JOUR
T1 - Visualisation and proof
T2 - A brief survey of philosophical perspectives
AU - Hanna, Gila
AU - Sidoli, Nathan
N1 - Funding Information:
Acknowledgments Preparation of this paper was supported in part by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. Parts of this paper appeared previously in Hanna (2000).
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - The contribution of visualisation to mathematics and to mathematics education raises a number of questions of an epistemological nature. This paper is a brief survey of the ways in which visualisation is discussed in the literature on the philosophy of mathematics. The survey is not exhaustive, but pays special attention to the ways in which visualisation is thought to be useful to some aspects of mathematical proof, in particular the ones connected with explanation and justification.
AB - The contribution of visualisation to mathematics and to mathematics education raises a number of questions of an epistemological nature. This paper is a brief survey of the ways in which visualisation is discussed in the literature on the philosophy of mathematics. The survey is not exhaustive, but pays special attention to the ways in which visualisation is thought to be useful to some aspects of mathematical proof, in particular the ones connected with explanation and justification.
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U2 - 10.1007/s11858-006-0005-0
DO - 10.1007/s11858-006-0005-0
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:60449120858
VL - 39
SP - 73
EP - 78
JO - ZDM - International Journal on Mathematics Education
JF - ZDM - International Journal on Mathematics Education
SN - 1863-9690
IS - 1-2
ER -