What part do arguments from authority play in mathematical reasoning?
Jon Awbrey <[email protected]> Tue, 14 May 2013 17:00:15 -0400
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Post : What part do arguments from authority play in mathematical reasoning? URL : http://inquiryintoinquiry.com/2013/05/14/what-part-do-arguments-from-authority-play-in-mathematical-reasoning/ Posted : May 14, 2013 at 3:45 pm Author : Jon Awbrey In forming your answer you may choose to address any or all of the following aspects of the question: Descriptive — • What part do arguments from authority actually play in mathematical reasoning? Normative — • What part do arguments from authority ideally play in mathematical reasoning? Regulative — • What if any discrepancies exist between the actual and the ideal? • What if anything should be done about the discrepancies that exist? Recycled from a question I asked on MathOverFlow: • http://mathoverflow.net/questions/28089/what-part-do-arguments-from-authority-play-in-mathematical-reasoning -- academia: http://independent.academia.edu/JonAwbrey my word press blog: http://inquiryintoinquiry.com/ inquiry list: http://stderr.org/pipermail/inquiry/ mwb: http://www.mywikibiz.com/Directory:Jon_Awbrey oeiswiki: http://www.oeis.org/wiki/User:Jon_Awbrey facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/JonnyCache