[SIGCIS-Members] Material and embodied practices of people doing mathematics, symbolic logic, and calculation

[Leif Weatherby]

Hi All,
I'd just add in the vein of Brian's and Sam's suggestions that Brian
Rotman's work (especially Mathematics as Sign
<https://www.sup.org/books/title/?id=415>) carves out a position distinct
from formalism, intuitionism, and Platonism, which he calls the "semiotic"
account of mathematics, and which is explicitly about "scratching notes on
paper" and other material practices of doing math. If people know of
follow-up work to his, I would be very interested, I have found him very
compelling to read.
Best,
Leif

On Wed, Mar 3, 2021 at 10:10 AM Sam Kellogg <samkellogg at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello David,
>
> I highly recommend Juliette Kennedy's work on mathematical drawing on this
> point—this essay in particular discusses drafting, scratch notes, drawing
> at the blackboard, etc.
>
> Kennedy, Juliette. “Notes on the Syntax and Semantics Distinction, or
> Three Moments in the Life of the Mathematical Drawing.” In What Is a
> Mathematical Concept?, edited by Alf Coles, Elizabeth de Freitas, and
> Nathalie Sinclair, 55–75. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2017.
> https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/what-is-a-mathematical-concept/notes-on-the-syntax-and-semantics-distinction-or-three-moments-in-the-life-of-the-mathematical-drawing/95FC242F34EBC88DC3D6749A2E4A6F31
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> Sam
>
> On Wed, Mar 3, 2021 at 8:46 AM David C. Brock <dcb at dcbrock.net> wrote:
>
>> Dear All,
>>
>> I’m wondering if you could point me to some references that treat the
>> material and embodied practices — like writing, reading, publishing,
>> lecturing — of people doing mathematics, symbolic logic, and calculation.
>>
>> I’m interested particularly in the era *before* the widespread use of
>> electronic computers.
>>
>> Best wishes,
>>
>> David
>> +++++++++++++++
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Leif Weatherby
Associate Professor
Department of German
New York University
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