Re: OT: In the 'ignorance on parade' file
| From: | Yoon Ha Lee <yl112@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, August 15, 2001, 21:27 |
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On Wed, 15 Aug 2001, J Y S Czhang wrote:
> In a message dated 13.08.2001 03:12:08 PM, yl112@CORNELL.EDU writes:
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> >But mathematics *as a human realm of endeavor* most certainly changes;
> >or
> >to put it another way, the human conception of mathematics changes.
[snip]
>
> AFAIK ya forgot _Ethnomathematics_ - the comparartive study of
> mathematical systems or worldviewpoints from the mathematical perspective,
> hehe.
>
<clapping in delight> No, you're absolutely right, but I didn't know
the term existed (and it didn't occur to me to devise it).
> IIRC we had discussions on math systems in natlangs & conlangs just 8-9
> months ago. Fascinating stuff...
<nod> I remember pieces of that, too, I think. I'm still sitting
around with a bunch of morphemes and trying to figure out how to deal
with relative clauses as well as terms for officer-ranks <wry g>, so I
haven't been pursuing the math angle. Sometime...any new developments
on your end?
YHL