Is Applied Mathematics a Field of 'tekhne'?

• Authors: Pelczar B.
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

The aim of this article is an attempt to find a reply to the question whether applied mathematics is a field of knowledge (tekhne). There is no doubt that pure mathematics was regarded as 'episteme'; however, the matter is not so obvious with applied mathematics. Is it a field of knowledge that belongs to the sphere of 'episteme'? Is it a field of knowledge that belongs to the sphere of 'tekhne' or, rather, is it a field that lies on the border of the two? In the article the authoress presents an outline of related issues from Pythagoras to Aristotle. There is also presented a definition (tekhne) and criteria of demarcation between pure mathematics and applied mathematics.

Keywords

EN

APPLIED MATHEMATICS; PURE MATHEMATICS

Discipline

• SCIENCE_OF_SCIENCE: SCIENCE OF SCIENCE

• Publisher: Science Studies Committee, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Zagadnienia Naukoznawstwa
• Year: 2007
• Volume: 43
• Issue: 2(172)
• Pages: 249-258
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Pelczar B.

• B. Pelczar, Uniwersytet Marii Curie-Sklodowskiej w Lublinie, Instytut Filozofii i Socjologii, pl. M. Curie -Sklodowskiej 4, 20-031 Lublin, Poland

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CEJSH db identifier

07PLAAAA03196606