THEMES IN MATHEMATICS STUDIED IN THE LIGHT OF PHENOMENOLOGY

Abstract

This study aims to understand which themes of Mathematics are researched in the light of the theoretical and methodological foundation of Husserlian Phenomenology. To this end, a bibliographic study was carried out in the works published by the research group Phenomenology in Mathematics Education (FEM), of the São Paulo State University of Mesquita Filho (UNESP), chosen under the criteria of consolidation, production and Husserlian focus. Phenomenology was used as a theoretical/methodological field, with which it was possible to constitute nuclear ideas, which allowed us to weave understandings about the guiding question. Among the views cast, it is noted that most of the works that apply phenomenology to mathematics tend to focus on Geometry. This emphasis can be justified by the visual and spatial character of Geometry, which naturally lends itself to a phenomenological approach. However, the concentration in this field leaves important gaps, which are the other areas of mathematics that could also benefit from a phenomenological analysis.