Class Number: 2391
Description: Hours: Three hours lecture per week
Prerequisite: Successful completion of Golden Four GE Areas (1A, 1B, 1C, 2)
Description: Topics include infinity, paradoxes, Goedel's incompleteness theorems, whether mathematics is discovered or invented, why mathematical knowledge requires proof, whether mathematics is objective truth or social convention, and the identification of types of mathematical objects.
| Days | Time | Date Range | Location | Instructor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MW | 03:00 PM - 04:15 PM | 01/18/2014 - 05/16/2014 | Bell Tower 2424 | Jesse Elliott |
Status: Open
Session: Regular Academic Session
Units: 3.00
Class Components: Lecture
Career: Undergraduate
Start Date: 01/18/2014
End Date: 05/16/2014
Grading: Letter Grade
Class Availability
Information below is 24 hours old.Enrollment Total: 14
Available Seats: 10
Wait List Capacity: 10
Wait List Total: 0
Textbook / Other Materials
Textbook Status: Required
ISBN: 521533414
Title: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Mathematics
Author: Colyvan
Publish: Cambridge University Press
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Enrollment Information
- Upper Division
- A3: Critical Thinking
- B4: Math - Quantitative Reason
- UDIGE: Interdisciplinary
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- Cross-listed course