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The Expansion of Mathematics as a Discipline and an Occupational Field: Progress in Quantitative Modeling in Different Sectors of Society
Ist Teil von
International perspectives on education and society, 2023, Vol.47, p.163-191
Ort / Verlag
Bingley: Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Erscheinungsjahr
2023
Quelle
Applied Social Sciences Index & Abstracts (ASSIA)
Beschreibungen/Notizen
In this chapter, the interplay between the development of the discipline, the development of the field of study, and the emergence of professional fields is examined using the example of mathematics. In connection with the formation of the modern research university, mathematics has emerged as an independent scientific discipline and as an independent field of study. In the process, mathematics attains a high degree of formalization and internal coherence. This is the basis for the penetration of mathematicians into more and more professional fields, even outside science. Real problems or real facts are reduced to aspects that are amenable to mathematical modeling by treating them as quantifiable parameters. As mathematics expands as a field of study, more and more professional sectors become applications of mathematical models. As a consequence, more mathematical fields of study are differentiating themselves, specializing in these application fields. This chapter analyzes this dynamic and its preconditions.