Review article
THE PHILOSOPHY OF MATHEMATICS AND NATURAL SCIENCES AT EDUCATION OF TECHNICAL FACULTIES AND FACULTIES OF NATURAL SCIENCES AND MATHEMATICS
Dževad Zečić
Abstract
Regarding three-part classification of science, Aristotel put metaphysics, physics and mathematics in theoretical sciences. “ The eternal, unmoveable and independent” does not belong to physics and mathematics, so by that they can’t take role of first philosophy. Science can’t go out from itself trying to find its base. Because of that science needs philosophy. So we can talk about a philosophy of mathematics and philosophy of natural sciences. Technical faculties and natural sciences and mathematics faculties are teaching mathematics and natural sciences in different ways, staying in frames of those sciences. The opinion about those sciences demands making from themselves, and critical thinking about science, that is about founding of science. It is made distinction by that between scientific and philosophical opinion. Those opinions are complementary and together make possible complete understanding of science. Complete understanding of mathematics and natural sciences needs philosophical thinking too. That is the reason why it is necessary to have a subject Philosophy of mathematics and natural sciences in faculties of mathematics and natural sciences. This would enable complete education for those who are learning mathematics and natural sciences, which determines their creative scientific work.
Keywords
Philosophy of mathematics; philosophy of science
Hrčak ID:
2677
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Publication date:
11.1.2005.
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