Another Look at Mathematical Style, as Inspired by Le Lionnais and the OuLiPo

Jean Van Bendegem; Bart Van Kerkhove

Another Look at Mathematical Style, as Inspired by Le Lionnais and the OuLiPo

Philosophy - Moral Sciences

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Abstract

In this paper, we first briefly put the particular discussion into its wider context, sketching the contours of a new, or rather rejuvenated, direction in recent philosophy of mathematics. Then the notion of mathematical style is introduced as a good means of serving the purposes of that resurfacing perspective, and an overview of different interpretations is given. We further present our own suggestion for an alternative or complimentary look at mathematical style, as inspired by Le Lionnais, and we discuss the possibility for a comparison between mathematical and literary styles by looking at the above mentioned OuLiPo as a specific example

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Logic, Reasoning and Rationality
Editors	Erik Weber, Dietlinde Wouters, Joke Meheus
Place of Publication	New York
Publisher	Springer
Pages	233-245
Number of pages	13
ISBN (Print)	978-94-017-9010-9
Publication status	Published - 2014

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Name	Logic, Argumentation & Reasoning
Publisher	Springer
Volume	5
ISSN (Print)	2214-9120

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Erik Weber, Dietlinde Wouters & Joke Meheus

Keywords

philosophy
mathematics
reasoning
style

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SRP22: Strategic Research Programme: Cultures of Mathematics: Logic, Philosophy and History of Mathematical Practices.
Van Kerkhove, B. (Administrative Promotor), François, K. (Co-Promotor), Ducheyne, S. (Co-Promotor), Van Bendegem, J. P. (Co-Promotor), Van Bendegem, J. P. (Administrative Promotor) & Van Kerkhove, B. (Co-Promotor)
1/10/13 → 30/09/20
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Another Look at Mathematical Style, as Inspired by Le Lionnais and the OuLiPo. / Van Bendegem, Jean ; Van Kerkhove, Bart.
Logic, Reasoning and Rationality. ed. / Erik Weber; Dietlinde Wouters; Joke Meheus. New York: Springer, 2014. p. 233-245 (Logic, Argumentation & Reasoning; Vol. 5).

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Another Look at Mathematical Style, as Inspired by Le Lionnais and the OuLiPo

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