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Playing mathematics
Author(s) -
Wertheim Margaret
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
annals of the new york academy of sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.712
H-Index - 248
eISSN - 1749-6632
pISSN - 0077-8923
DOI - 10.1111/nyas.14269
Subject(s) - analogy , performative utterance , mathematics education , mathematics , epistemology , philosophy
We are used to thinking of mathematics as a symbolic activity. Here I argue that it may also be seen as a performative one. Making an analogy with music, I draw attention to the ways in which mathematics may not only be written down but also played out.