Mathematical Wit and Mathematical Cognition
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Mathematical Wit and Mathematical Cognition
The published works of scientists often conceal the cognitive processes that led to their results. Scholars of mathematical practice must therefore seek out less obvious sources. This article analyzes a widely circulated mathematical joke, comprising a list of spurious proof types. An account is proposed in terms of argumentation schemes: stereotypical patterns of reasoning, which may be accomp...
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عنوان ژورنال: Topics in Cognitive Science
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1756-8757
DOI: 10.1111/tops.12020