On the epistemological limits of language: Mathematical knowledge and social practice during the renaissance

Educational Studies in Mathematics

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 123-150

  Radford, Luis ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cognition; Discourse; Epistemology; Language; Mathematical thinking; Meaning; Renaissance mathematics; Semiotics; Signs; Social practice

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645711591     PISSN: 00131954     EISSN: 15730816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024029808871     Document Type: Article

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