Mathematical knowledge: internal, social and cultural aspects

Abstract

I discuss some general aspects of the creation, interpretation, and reception of mathematics as a part of civilization and culture.

Commissioned for vol. 2 of ``Mathematics and Culture'', ed. by C. Bartocci and P. Odifreddi

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• The third approach to the history of mathematics in China

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• Comments on a recent item by Yu I Manin