Editing Paul Ernest

{{Short description|Philosopher}}
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| birth_place       = New York City, US
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| nationality       = British
| fields            = [[Philosophy of mathematics]], [[Mathematics education]]
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'''Paul Ernest''' is a contributor to the [[social constructivist]] philosophy of mathematics.

==Life==
Paul Ernest is currently emeritus professor of the [[philosophy of mathematics education]] at [[University of Exeter]], UK.<ref>{{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}}</ref> 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]].

==References==
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*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&dq=Social+Constructivism+as+a+Philosophy+of+Mathematics&pg=PP1]
*Ernest, Paul; ''The Philosophy of Mathematics Education''; London: RoutledgeFalmer, (1991) [https://books.google.com/books?id=fdnhKX0P45oC&dq=The+Philosophy+of+Mathematics+Education&pg=PP1]

==External links==
* [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.
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* [https://www.amazon.co.uk/Paul-Ernest/e/B001K8D5B2/ref=ntt_dp_epwbk_0 Paul Ernest's page] at [[Amazon.com]]

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