Location
University of Windsor
Document Type
Commentary
Keywords
argument, Cantor, Gersonides, infinity, Mamolo
Start Date
18-5-2016 9:00 AM
End Date
21-5-2016 5:00 PM
Abstract
There is more to mathematics than proofs; there are also arguments, which means that mathematicians are human arguers complete with their biases. Among those biases is a preference for beauty, It is a bias insofar as it is a deaprture from objectivity, but it is benign, accounting for the popularity of Cantor's "Paradise" of non-denumerable infinities as a travel destination for mathematicians and the relatively little interest in Robinson's infinitesimals.
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Ami Mamolo, Exploring argumentation, objectivity, and bias: The case of mathematical infinity
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Commentary on Ami Mamolo on argumentation and infinity
University of Windsor
There is more to mathematics than proofs; there are also arguments, which means that mathematicians are human arguers complete with their biases. Among those biases is a preference for beauty, It is a bias insofar as it is a deaprture from objectivity, but it is benign, accounting for the popularity of Cantor's "Paradise" of non-denumerable infinities as a travel destination for mathematicians and the relatively little interest in Robinson's infinitesimals.
