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Comments on a Paper on Alleged Misconceptions Regarding the History of Analysis: Who Has Misconceptions?

Authors :
Schubring, Gert
Source :
Foundations of Science. August, 2016, Vol. 21 Issue 3, p527, 6 p.
Publication Year :
2016

Abstract

This comment is analysing the last section of a paper by Piotr Blaszczyk, Mikhail G. Katz, and David Sherry on alleged misconceptions committed by historians of mathematics regarding the history of analysis, published in this journal in the first issue of 2013. Since this section abounds of wrong attributions and denouncing statements regarding my research and a key publication, the comment serves to rectify them and to recall some minimal methodological requirements for historical research.<br />Author(s): Gert Schubring[sup.1] Author Affiliations: Gert Schubring is a retired member of the Institut für Didaktik der Mathematik , a research institute at Bielefeld University, and at present is visiting [...]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
12331821
Volume :
21
Issue :
3
Database :
Gale General OneFile
Journal :
Foundations of Science
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsgcl.470490287
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10699-015-9424-0