Some qualitative mathematics in China

被引：2
作者：
Stafford, Charles [1 ]
机构：
[1] London Sch Econ, Dept Anthropol, London WC2A 2AE, England
来源：
ANTHROPOLOGICAL THEORY | 2010年 / 10卷 / 1-2期
关键词：
attention; China; emotion; Levi-Strauss; mathematics; number; quantification; structuralism;
D O I：
10.1177/1463499610365373
中图分类号：
Q98 [人类学];
学科分类号：
030303 ;
摘要：
In this article, inspired by Levi-Strauss's comments on 'qualitative mathematics', I outline some features of Chinese cultural practices related to number and quantification. More specifically, I note that Chinese numerological practices are embedded in a more generally 'structuralist' and mathematical way of conceiving experience; that taken together they comprise a loose, and even 'creative' (rather than precise/rationalistic) type of life-accounting; and that number use in China is often emotionally loaded.
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页数：6
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