NDLI: The Kissing Triangles: The Aesthetics of Mathematical Discovery

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Author	Sinclair, Nathalie
Copyright Year	2002
Abstract	Papert's (1978) appeal to reconsider the power and possibilities of the aesthetic in mathematics learning is often ignored in mathematics education research. This paper begins with the premise, put forth by Dewey (1934), that the aesthetic structures many dimensions of inquiry and experience. In the same way that using particular paintings, musical compositions, or even everyday experiences has been instrumental to attempts by philosophers to understand the aesthetic dimensions of meaning and experience in artistic domains, I propose that analysing a particular encounter with mathematics may help reveal the nature and role of the often nebulous responses of elegance, beauty, and `fit' to which mathematicians lay claim in their mathematical activity. To achieve this, I draw on and adapt the defining features of the aesthetic character of experience set forth by the aesthetician Beardsley (1982). This, in turn, sheds light on the role thataesthetics can play in mathematical inquiry and experience, and provides initial categories and conjectures that can be used to investigate the potential roles of aesthetics in mathematics learning contexts.
Starting Page	45
Ending Page	63
Page Count	19
File Format	PDF
ISSN	13823892
Journal	International Journal of Computers for Mathematical Learning
Volume Number	7
Issue Number	1
e-ISSN	15731766
Language	English
Publisher	Kluwer Academic Publishers
Publisher Date	2002-01-01
Publisher Place	Dordrecht
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Subject Keyword	Mathematics Mathematics Education Interdisciplinary Studies
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Theoretical Computer Science Engineering Computational Theory and Mathematics Computer Science Applications

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