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<p>2.97.135.15: added a phrase about the direction of his (my) work</p> <hr /> <div>{{Short description|Philosopher}}<br /> {{Infobox scientist<br /> | name = Paul Ernest<br /> | image = &lt;!--(filename only)--&gt;<br /> | image_size = <br /> | caption = <br /> | birth_date = <br /> | birth_place = New York City, US<br /> | death_date = <br /> | death_place = <br /> | nationality = British<br /> | fields = [[Philosophy of mathematics]], [[Mathematics education]]<br /> | workplaces = [[Exeter University]]<br /> | alma_mater = <br /> | doctoral_advisor = [[Moshé Machover]]<br /> | doctoral_students =<br /> | known_for = <br /> | awards = <br /> }}<br /> '''Paul Ernest''' is a contributor to the [[social constructivist]] philosophy of mathematics.<br /> <br /> ==Life==<br /> Paul Ernest is currently emeritus professor of the [[philosophy of mathematics education]] at [[University of Exeter]], UK.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web |date=2023 |title=Paul Ernest {{!}} School of Education {{!}} University of Exeter |url=https://education.exeter.ac.uk/staff/profile/index.php?web_id=paul_ernest |access-date=2023-08-14 |website=education.exeter.ac.uk}}&lt;/ref&gt; He is best known for his work on philosophical aspects of [[mathematics education]], which includes establishing the subfield entitled the philosophy of mathematics education, and for his contributions to developing a [[Social constructivism|social constructivist]] [[philosophy of mathematics]]. He is currently working on questions about [[ethics in mathematics]].<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{Reflist}}<br /> *Ernest, Paul; ''Social Constructivism as a Philosophy of Mathematics''; Albany, New York: State University of New York Press, (1998) [https://books.google.com/books?id=IHm0sJ6VznQC&amp;dq=Social+Constructivism+as+a+Philosophy+of+Mathematics&amp;pg=PP1]<br /> *Ernest, Paul; ''The Philosophy of Mathematics Education''; London: RoutledgeFalmer, (1991) [https://books.google.com/books?id=fdnhKX0P45oC&amp;dq=The+Philosophy+of+Mathematics+Education&amp;pg=PP1]<br /> <br /> ==External links==<br /> * [https://sites.exeter.ac.uk/pmej/ Paul Ernest's page] at ''[[Philosophy of Mathematics Education Journal]]'', the journal that he edits at School of Education, University of Exeter-publications, CV etc.<br /> * {{MathGenealogy |id=129271 }}<br /> * [https://www.amazon.co.uk/Paul-Ernest/e/B001K8D5B2/ref=ntt_dp_epwbk_0 Paul Ernest's page] at [[Amazon.com]]<br /> <br /> {{Authority control}}<br /> <br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Ernest, Paul}}<br /> [[Category:Living people]]<br /> [[Category:Academics of the University of Exeter]]<br /> [[Category:Scientists from New York City]]<br /> [[Category:English mathematicians]]<br /> [[Category:20th-century American mathematicians]]<br /> [[Category:21st-century American mathematicians]]<br /> [[Category:Philosophers of mathematics]]<br /> [[Category:Mathematicians from New York (state)]]<br /> [[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]]</div>

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