Abstract

CRESPO CRESPO, Cecilia; FARFAN, Rosa María  and  LEZAMA, Javier. Lines of argument and demonstrations: A view in regard to the influence of socio-cultural scenarios. Relime [online]. 2010, vol.13, n.3, pp.283-306. ISSN 2007-6819.

This paper presents a vision of mathematical arguments and demonstrations from a socio-epistemological point of view. It allows us to understand that the arguments used in different settings are different to those of deductive arguments. The presence in classrooms of different types of arguments cannot always be explained using Aristotelian logic. Likewise, the non-appearance of forms based on Aristotelian logic in non-mathematical settings, provides us with the possibility of understanding that, with regards socio-cultural aspects, arguments are constructed in non-academic settings which are transferred by students to school settings, due to the fact that they simultaneously experience both settings.

Keywords : Socioepistemology; arguments; socio-cultural construction; setting.