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A Social Epistemological Approach to Mathematical Rigor
A Social Epistemological Approach to Mathematical Rigor
Detailed Information
- 자료유형
- 학위논문 서양
- 최종처리일시
- 20250211153111
- ISBN
- 9798384460299
- DDC
- 100
- 저자명
- Ashton, Zoe.
- 서명/저자
- A Social Epistemological Approach to Mathematical Rigor
- 발행사항
- [Sl] : The Ohio State University, 2024
- 발행사항
- Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2024
- 형태사항
- 138 p
- 주기사항
- Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 86-04, Section: B.
- 주기사항
- Advisor: Shapiro, Stewart.
- 학위논문주기
- Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Ohio State University, 2024.
- 초록/해제
- 요약There are many features a good mathematical proof may exhibit - it may be simple, surveyable, interesting, explanatory, pure, perspicuous, and even beautiful. The focus of this dissertation is rigor, a necessary feature of modern, mathematical proof. This dissertation proposes an account of mathematical rigor developed around the concept of conviction.In Chapter 1 and Chapter 2, I focus on the standard view of rigor. The standard view of rigor connects informal rigor to formal proof in a chosen formal deductive system. A proof is rigorous just in case it can be translated into a formal derivation. The standard view faces a number of problems with respect to mathematical practice. Many have argued that it fails to account for changing standards of rigor over time, diagrammatic proofs, and the psychology of mathematical knowledge. In Chapter 2, I work through three general categories of standard view. I present new objections to each of the three categories. One of the main takeaways is that mathematicians are convinced of the steps of the informal proof itself, not that some other formal proof could exist.In Chapter 3 I give a new account of rigor which is driven by the imagined universal audience. I argue that a proof is completely rigorous when each step is one that the mathematician's universal audience assents to. Each inference is judged to be rigorous when it convinces one's universal audience. For the mathematician, this amounts to the judgment that the inference would convince everyone. The audience view escapes the objection I posed to the standard view, since the mathematician judges that each inference is convincing, not that some other object could exist. I also argue that my account is superior to the standard view since the audience view accommodates a gradable notion of rigor. A proof is more rigorous than another when it has more inferences to which the universal audience assents.In Chapter 4, I connect the audience view of rigor to core issues in social epistemology. The audience view claims that rigor judgments depend on social features, including who participates in mathematical practice. Given that participatory injustices seem to occur in mathematical practice, I argue a mathematician's universal audience will be influenced by those injustices. I argue that eliminating participatory injustice will lead mathematicians to have a more robust universal audience. A more robust universal audience leads to rigor judgments that are more stable over time. I argue that participatory injustice is detrimental to the proofs, as well as the participants. This provides a new reason to both eliminate participatory injustice in mathematics and to diversify the profession. In Chapter 5, I conclude and discuss some future issues that a social epistemological approach to rigor must address.
- 일반주제명
- Philosophy
- 일반주제명
- Mathematics
- 일반주제명
- Epistemology
- 일반주제명
- Social psychology
- 키워드
- Rigor judgments
- 키워드
- Social features
- 기타저자
- The Ohio State University Philosophy
- 기본자료저록
- Dissertations Abstracts International. 86-04B.
- 전자적 위치 및 접속
- 로그인 후 원문을 볼 수 있습니다.
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■650 4▼aSocial psychology
■653 ▼aMathematical knowledge
■653 ▼aDiagrammatic proofs
■653 ▼aRigor judgments
■653 ▼aSocial features
■653 ▼aFormal derivation
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