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They certainly are tied to a certain mode of thinking rooted in Mathematical reasoning originating in the West, but certainly influenced by other cultures. The
by enkid 6y ago
They certainly are tied to a certain mode of thinking rooted in Mathematical reasoning originating in the West, but certainly influenced by other cultures. The thing is that the underlying computer architecture uses this reasoning, so it's difficult to see how you could program a computer without relying on that reasoning at some level.
- x86ARMsRace 6y ago> Mathematical reasoning originating in the West Well, the form of mathematical reasoning that's prevalent was actually first developed during the Islamic Golden Age. Most of Western math is actually imported from the East. Symbolic logic, also is of Islamic origin.
- drdeca 6y agoMathematical reasoning doesn’t care who discovered it. If there is anything to the claim that it is “western”, it is in the way that “western” people regard it (possibly compared to how others regard it). I don’t see how the idea that mathematical reasoning is inherently “western” (as a property of mathematical thinking, as opposed to as a property of “western”) could possibly stand up to scrutiny. Sure, the symbols being used may be due to particular cultures, as well as a number of conventions (e.g. infix notation vs whatever, some minor choices made in some definitions, etc.), but, these are not inherent to mathematical reasoning.