A Modern Diotima

Johanna Charlotte Unzer (1725–1782), born Ziegler, is the author of the first metaphysical treatise intended specifically for women. In the preface of this treatise, published in 1751, she justifies her ‘unhabitual’ enterprise, emphasizing that her intention is not to instruct but only to please her female readership. A closer glance, however, reveals a genuine philosophical intention and an active participation in the debate on popular philosophy and aesthetics in Halle. Challenging an all-too narrow and all-too mathematical conception of practical philosophy, Unzer advocates a dynamic model of philosophy as a love of wisdom, and a philosophy of beauty, poetry, and aesthetics. Fundamentally, these are ancient and mostly Platonic ideas, and among her intellectual circle Unzer stands out as a modern Diotima. But on account of their distinctively modern premises, these ideas likewise take a particularly modern shape, and they illustrate a certain Platonic reversal incipient in Wolffianism itself.

“Understanding the Architecture of Human Thought”? Questioning the Mathematical Conception of Nature with Heidegger

New technologies, such as functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), are currently touted as, not only giving us a better picture of the structure of the brain, but also a better understanding of our thinking. As Alan Snyder demonstrates when he claims his aim is to understand the ‘architecture of thought’ by investigating the brain. Against this backdrop, I will argue that new technologies present a worrying extension of mathematical natural science into the domain of human affairs. Extrapolating upon Heidegger, I will put forward that neuroscientific experiments force thinking to conform to the mathematical conception of nature, rather than reveal something about the ‘true’ nature of our thinking. In a time when the expansion of mathematical natural science threatens to reduce every domain to that which is quantifiable, I will conclude by suggesting that the responsibility of the philosopher is to question the presuppositions of modern science and psychology.Nuevas tecnologías como la imagen de resonancia magnética funcional (fMRI) y la estimulación magnética transcranial se consideran presumiblemente capaces de darnos no solo una mejor imagen de nuestro cerebro, sino también una mejor comprensión de nuestro pensamiento, tal como demuestra Alan Snyder cuando afirma que su objetivo es entender la “arquitectura del pensamiento” mediante la investigación del cerebro. Contra este marco general, argumentaré que las nuevas tecnologías nos presentan una preocupante extensión de la ciencia natural matemática al dominio de los asuntos humanos. Extrapolando a partir de Heidegger, propondré que los experimentos neurocientíficos fuerzan al pensamiento a conformarse a la concepción matemática de la naturaleza en vez de revelar algo sobre la verdadera naturaleza de nuestro pensamiento. Nos encontramos en un momento en que o la expansión de la ciencia natural matemática amenaza con reducir todos los dominios a lo que es cuantificable. Concluiré sugiriendo que la responsabilidad del filósofo es cuestionar los presupuestos de la ciencia moderna y de la psicología.

Contextualización del proceso enseñanza-aprendizaje de las matemáticas en ingeniería y el desarrollo del pensamiento crítico matemático en estudiantes

Currently in the process of teaching-learning of mathematics, a panorama of a science with an abstract nature is glimpsed. In such a way that the acquisition of knowledge is in a mechanized way and the teacher's word is taken as dogma. The problems and equations formulated to the student are formulated under a mathematical conception with strong cohesion towards the nature of the operation to be solved, under a perspective that is irrelevant to the student within the process of assimilation of knowledge, leaving even more the aspect of its application within the context of their daily life and therefore how relevant their learning can become. From this area of opportunity arises the concern of this research project based on the improvement of the teaching-learning process based on the contextualization of scenarios that facilitate the acquisition of knowledge, mathematical critical thinking and the ability to locate the field of application of The same, developing their own methodologies, taking into account the teacher and student expertise, thereby trying to achieve a meaningful teaching-learning process, simpler acquisition and retention for the student and to achieve for the teacher.

The Sociology of Time

Focusing on the very notion of a “sociology of time,” this chapter examines the fundamental components of what constitutes a distinctly non-physical, sociocultural perspective on temporality. It begins by introducing the notion of a pronouncedly artificial “sociotemporal order” consisting of social norms and traditions of measuring, reckoning, and organizing time. It then proceeds to discuss major ways of collectively experiencing time, such as the utilitarian view of time, the mathematical conception of time, and both the linear and circular views of temporality. The chapter concludes by examining both the semiotic and the political dimensions of the social organization of time.

PENERAPAN MODEL PEMBELAJARAN CONTEXTUAL TEACHING AND LEARNING DALAM PEMBELAJARAN MATEMATIKA TERHADAP KEMAMPUAN PEMAHAMAN KONSEP MATEMATIKA PESERTA DIDIK DI SEKOLAH DASAR

Based on the research to understand of influence the implementation and increased use of learning model contextual teaching and learning of the understanding ability a mathematical conception of elementary school grade 3.This research triggered by the importance of the understanding ability a mathematical conception for learners of elementary school grade 3 .The study is done in SDN 2 Sukajaya for year academic 2017 / 2018. The method used in this research is a method of quantitative with design of quasi experiment design. The population of the research is all students from SDN 2 Sukajaya grade 3. Sampling technique used namely sampling technique saturated sampling technique this is all population used as samples for research. Sampling techniques used the techniques of sampling saturated, this sampling techniques used in the sample of the population. The data technique on this research using objective test. The result of this research is indicates there an effect from the ability of understanding between class a mathematical conception of the experiments with contextual kind of classroom teaching and learning and control group with direct instruction method. The results of the t-test at 5% significance level obtained significance Count between 0002 ≤ 0.05. As for the improved results obtained from U at 5% significance level obtained significance Count between 0.006 ≤ 0.05, so it can be revealed learning by Implementation of Contextual learning method of Teaching and Learning effect in improving the ability of understanding of mathematical concepts

Coda

Modernist writers loudly proclaimed their difference from their Victorian forebears, whom they pronounced conventional, moralizing, and sentimental. Yet the formalizing impulse of Victorian art was a crucial precursor to a set of similar tendencies in early modernism. Because, for the moderns, that formalism had a different ethical inflection, it’s easy to overlook the continuing importance of the Victorian notion of form to work in literature and art. That mathematical conception of form continues to matter, especially within literary criticism, and literary critics need to understand the history of this formalism in order to understand the stakes we still attach to it.

Wave Space Painting with Science

The author reflects on the process by which his background in science and engineering and interest in the arts inspired his creation of an original painting style that he calls Wave Space Art, along with the invention/discovery of a mathematical conception of geometric transformations called GridField Geometry. He reviews the development of his techniques, including his employment of mathematics, optics, color psychology, the science of sound and the structure of music.