RecordNumber
3447
Author
Demattè, Adriano
Crop_Body
Adriano Demattè
Title of Article
SEARCHING FOR THE OTHER IN A HISTORICAL DOCUMENT
Title Of Journal
philosophy of mathematics education
Publication Year
2019
Volum
35
Keywords
Original historical documents , Levinas, Dilthey , Schleiermacher , the Other Mathematical problems
Abstract
The main aim of this article is to focus on philosophical contributions to the use of historical documents in mathematics education. Indeed, an Italian Renaissance document helps us in the process by showing a rich context that almost overshadows the mathematical content. Starting from Levinas’s I-Other relation, connections are established with hermeneutics, and more specifically with the works of Dilthey and Schleiermacher who studied how the author of a document can come out of the text to the reader’s eyes.