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![]() ![]() This argument, of course, begs the point, which is precisely whether or not there is mathematics among nonliterate, indigenous cultures in the first place-that is to say, whether we are talking about the same thing when we include finger-counting among indigenous societies and theorem-proving in axiomatic style as comparable instances of mathematics. ![]() ![]() Is it possible to translate forest mathematics into modern language? The immediate answer is yes, because otherwise there could be no ethnography-not to mention history-of mathematics, a bleak conclusion that would deprive of meaning many works on counting systems among illiterate people and on their worldviews.
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