Are Aesthetic Judgements Purely Aesthetic? Testing the Social Conformity Account

Autor/inn/en	Inglis, Matthew; Aberdein, Andrew
Titel	Are Aesthetic Judgements Purely Aesthetic? Testing the Social Conformity Account
Quelle	In: ZDM: Mathematics Education, 52 (2020) 6, S.1127-1136 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1863-9690
DOI	10.1007/s11858-020-01156-8
Schlagwörter	Hypothesis Testing; Mathematics; Aesthetics; Mathematical Logic; Social Influences + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hypothesenprüfung; Hypothesentest; Mathematik; Ästhetik; Mathematical logics; Mathematische Logik; Sozialer Einfluss
Abstract	Many of the methods commonly used to research mathematical practice, such as analyses of historical episodes or individual cases, are particularly well-suited to "generating" causal hypotheses, but less well-suited to "testing" causal hypotheses. In this paper we reflect on the contribution that the so-called hypothetico-deductive method, with a particular focus on experimental studies, can make to our understanding of mathematical practice. By way of illustration, we report an experiment that investigated how mathematicians attribute aesthetic properties to mathematical proofs. We demonstrate that perceptions of the aesthetic properties of mathematical proofs are, in some cases at least, subject to social influence. Specifically, we show that mathematicians' aesthetic judgements tend to conform to the judgements made by others. Pedagogical implications are discussed. (As Provided).
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