Problems with reductio proofs: cognitive aspects
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By Catarina Dutilh Novaes(Cross-posted at NewAPPS)As some readers may recall, I ran a couple of posts on reductio proofs from a…
(Cross-posted at NewAPPS)Some months ago I wrote two posts on the concept of indirect proofs: one presenting a dialogical…
In his commentary on Euclid, the 5th century Greek philosopher Proclus defines indirect proofs, or ‘reductions to impossibility’…
The August issue of ZDM is available, and it has a special focus on "Didactical and Epistemological Perspectives on…
Last week, two new articles were published online in ZDM as well:Building a local conceptual framework for epistemic actions in…