The didactics of mathematics within the classification of modern sciences from the perspective of categorical closure

Fabiola Blanco-Infanson; José Antonio Juárez-López

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Fabiola Blanco-Infanson ¹ ^* , José Antonio Juárez-López ¹

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¹ Meritorious Autonomous University of Puebla, Puebla, MEXICO^* Corresponding Author

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An important question is to know why the didactics of mathematics (DM) goes from being only teaching techniques to consolidate as a science and also to locate what kind of science it is. The objective of this article is, through a modern classification of sciences, such as the theory of categorial closure, to locate the DM. Likewise, a very brief summary of the theory of categorial closure is made, and it is argued why DM belongs to the human sciences and why it is not a technique.

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didactics of mathematics
theory of categorial closure
human science
classification of sciences

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PEDAGOGICAL RES, Volume 10, Issue 2, April 2025, Article No: em0235

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Blanco-Infanson, F., & Juárez-López, J. A. (2025). The didactics of mathematics within the classification of modern sciences from the perspective of categorical closure. Pedagogical Research, 10(2), em0235. https://doi.org/10.29333/pr/15921

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Blanco-Infanson F, Juárez-López JA. The didactics of mathematics within the classification of modern sciences from the perspective of categorical closure. PEDAGOGICAL RES. 2025;10(2):em0235. https://doi.org/10.29333/pr/15921

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Blanco-Infanson F, Juárez-López JA. The didactics of mathematics within the classification of modern sciences from the perspective of categorical closure. PEDAGOGICAL RES. 2025;10(2), em0235. https://doi.org/10.29333/pr/15921

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Blanco-Infanson, Fabiola, and José Antonio Juárez-López. "The didactics of mathematics within the classification of modern sciences from the perspective of categorical closure". Pedagogical Research 2025 10 no. 2 (2025): em0235. https://doi.org/10.29333/pr/15921

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Blanco-Infanson, F., and Juárez-López, J. A. (2025). The didactics of mathematics within the classification of modern sciences from the perspective of categorical closure. Pedagogical Research, 10(2), em0235. https://doi.org/10.29333/pr/15921

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Blanco-Infanson, Fabiola et al. "The didactics of mathematics within the classification of modern sciences from the perspective of categorical closure". Pedagogical Research, vol. 10, no. 2, 2025, em0235. https://doi.org/10.29333/pr/15921