From a divine creation to a human institution: the relations between mathematics and myths

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Autor(a) principal: Costa, Wanderleya Nara Gonçalves
Data de Publicação: 2006
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: por
Título da fonte: Zetetiké (Online)
Texto Completo: https://periodicos.sbu.unicamp.br/ojs/index.php/zetetike/article/view/8647003
Resumo: A great number of people consider mathematics as a knowledge thatexists in nature, or inside the Creator’s mind. The origin of this belief lies in thepitagorian and platonic cosmogonies, which explain the genesis of the world andthe human beings from a mathematical foundation as a way to escape frommyths. Nowadays, myths are understood as man’s discourse about the problemsthat disturb him, and mathematical philosophy does not accept the idea thatmathematics is not a human creation. It is possible, thus, to study the relationsbetween mathematics and myths just from the point that should be the rupturebetween logic and fantasy; that is, the pitagorian and platonic cosmologies.Finally, to assure the close relationship between mathematics and myths, thepresence of mathematics is shown in myth creation among Xavante Indians.
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spelling From a divine creation to a human institution: the relations between mathematics and myths De criação divina a instituição humana: as relações entre matemática e mitos Mathematics MythCosmologiesXavante indiansMatemáticaMitosCosmologiasÍndios xavantesA great number of people consider mathematics as a knowledge thatexists in nature, or inside the Creator’s mind. The origin of this belief lies in thepitagorian and platonic cosmogonies, which explain the genesis of the world andthe human beings from a mathematical foundation as a way to escape frommyths. Nowadays, myths are understood as man’s discourse about the problemsthat disturb him, and mathematical philosophy does not accept the idea thatmathematics is not a human creation. It is possible, thus, to study the relationsbetween mathematics and myths just from the point that should be the rupturebetween logic and fantasy; that is, the pitagorian and platonic cosmologies.Finally, to assure the close relationship between mathematics and myths, thepresence of mathematics is shown in myth creation among Xavante Indians.É grande o número de pessoas que concebem a matemática como sendo um conhecimento existente na natureza ou na mente do Criador do universo. A origem dessa crença nos remete às cosmogonias pitagórica e platônica, que procuravam explicar a gênese do mundo e dos seres humanos a partir de uma fundamentação matemática como forma de fugir aos mitos. Hoje, os mitos são tomados como sendo discursos dos homens e mulheres acerca dos problemas que os incomodam e a filosofia da matemática afasta-se a idéia de que a matemática não seja criação humana. Surge, portanto, a possibilidade de estudar as relações entre matemática e mito, partindo justamente do ponto que deveria ser a ruptura entre o lógico e o fantasioso, ou seja, a partir das cosmologias pitagórica e platônica. Finalmente, para reafirmar o íntimo relacionamento entre matemática e mito, mostro a presença da matemática no mito da criação dos índios xavantes. Universidade Estadual de Campinas2006-12-30info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionTextoinfo:eu-repo/semantics/otherapplication/pdfhttps://periodicos.sbu.unicamp.br/ojs/index.php/zetetike/article/view/864700310.20396/zet.v14i26.8647003Zetetike; Vol. 14 No. 2 (2006): jul./dez. [26]; 7-28Zetetike; Vol. 14 Núm. 2 (2006): jul./dez. [26]; 7-28Zetetike; v. 14 n. 2 (2006): jul./dez. [26]; 7-282176-1744reponame:Zetetiké (Online)instname:Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)instacron:UNICAMPporhttps://periodicos.sbu.unicamp.br/ojs/index.php/zetetike/article/view/8647003/13904Brazil; 2006Brasil; 2006Copyright (c) 2014 Zetetiké: Revista de Educação Matemáticahttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessCosta, Wanderleya Nara Gonçalves2023-10-31T15:31:04Zoai:ojs.periodicos.sbu.unicamp.br:article/8647003Revistahttp://www.fe.unicamp.br/zetetike/PUBhttps://periodicos.sbu.unicamp.br/ojs/index.php/zetetike/oaizetetike@unicamp.br2176-17440104-4877opendoar:2023-10-31T15:31:04Zetetiké (Online) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)false
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv From a divine creation to a human institution: the relations between mathematics and myths
De criação divina a instituição humana: as relações entre matemática e mitos
title From a divine creation to a human institution: the relations between mathematics and myths
spellingShingle From a divine creation to a human institution: the relations between mathematics and myths
Costa, Wanderleya Nara Gonçalves
Mathematics
Myth
Cosmologies
Xavante indians
Matemática
Mitos
Cosmologias
Índios xavantes
title_short From a divine creation to a human institution: the relations between mathematics and myths
title_full From a divine creation to a human institution: the relations between mathematics and myths
title_fullStr From a divine creation to a human institution: the relations between mathematics and myths
title_full_unstemmed From a divine creation to a human institution: the relations between mathematics and myths
title_sort From a divine creation to a human institution: the relations between mathematics and myths
author Costa, Wanderleya Nara Gonçalves
author_facet Costa, Wanderleya Nara Gonçalves
author_role author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Costa, Wanderleya Nara Gonçalves
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Mathematics
Myth
Cosmologies
Xavante indians
Matemática
Mitos
Cosmologias
Índios xavantes
topic Mathematics
Myth
Cosmologies
Xavante indians
Matemática
Mitos
Cosmologias
Índios xavantes
description A great number of people consider mathematics as a knowledge thatexists in nature, or inside the Creator’s mind. The origin of this belief lies in thepitagorian and platonic cosmogonies, which explain the genesis of the world andthe human beings from a mathematical foundation as a way to escape frommyths. Nowadays, myths are understood as man’s discourse about the problemsthat disturb him, and mathematical philosophy does not accept the idea thatmathematics is not a human creation. It is possible, thus, to study the relationsbetween mathematics and myths just from the point that should be the rupturebetween logic and fantasy; that is, the pitagorian and platonic cosmologies.Finally, to assure the close relationship between mathematics and myths, thepresence of mathematics is shown in myth creation among Xavante Indians.
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