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Place of Logic in the Teaching of Geometry*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 November 2016

M. Black
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Extract

Of all the reasons urged in favour of the teaching of mathematics and the favoured position of mathematics in the secondary school curriculum, the most widespread is the belief that to learn mathematics is valuable as a training in the art of reasoning. In this paper I want to explore the implications of this belief and its bearing upon the teaching of geometry I shall try to avoid a pronouncement on whether the belief in the value of mathematics as a training in reasoning is justified, by adopting the mathematical method of exploring the consequences of an assumption.

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Research Article
Information
The Mathematical Gazette , Volume 23 , Issue 253 , February 1939 , pp. 39 - 48
Copyright
Copyright © Mathematical Association 1939 

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Footnotes

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Paper read to the London Branch of the Mathematical Association on Friday, 18th February, 1938.

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* Paper read to the London Branch of the Mathematical Association on Friday, 18th February, 1938.