Cultures of Proving
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11924252 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Eric Livingston (0000-0002-4393-8096, School of Social Science, University of New England, Armidale, New South Wales 2351, Australia; fax: +61 2 6773 3748, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1999 |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 867-888 |
| Publication date | 1999-12-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Studies of Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0306-3127 • E-ISSN: 1460-3659 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/030631299029006003 |
| OpenAlex | W1964477621 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 22 |
| References cited | 2 |
Although studies of scientific practice are now common, relatively little attention has been given to the technical detail of the social objects of the sciences. That detail, and the ordinariness of that detail, establish the legitimacy of practitioners' work and make that work recognizable as the work of a discovering science. In particular, the close examination of mathematical proofs exhibits the embeddedness of mathematics within a surrounding culture of proving, and leads to an appreciation of what it means to be a member of such a culture and to be engaged in the work of doing mathematics
Embeddedness · Epistemology · Legitimacy · Mathematical practice · Mathematical proof · Political science · Social science · Sociology · Work (physics · Engineering · History and Theory of Mathematics · Law · Mathematics · Philosophy · Philosophy and History of Science · Philosophy, Science, and History
On the need to explicitize the unstated argument in cancer research
The Pragmatics of Passion
Godless People and Dead Bodies
“It’s Understandable Enough, Right?” The Natural Accountability of a Mathematics Lesson
Harold Garfinkel (29 October 1917 – 21 April 2011)
Checking correctness in mathematical peer review
Does mathematics look certain in the front, but fallible in the back
When is a Proof a Proof
Promise and Silence
Tensions in Garfinkel’s Ethnomethodological Studies of Work Programme Discussed Through Livingston’s Studies of Mathematics
Signs, deixis, and the emergence of scientific explanation
Marketing Models
The Haunting Question of Textual Agency
A group theory of group theory
The Context of Proving
The material reasoning of folding paper
Social Life under the Microscope
Anthropologie de la démonstration
Gerard Debreu's Secrecy
Certifying Knowledge
Ethnomethodological Studies of Mediated Interaction and Mundane Expertise
Context and detail in studies of the witnessable social order
| Citations per year | 0.92 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2002 - 2025 (24) |
| Highly cited | No |