PHIL 438 - Philosophy of Mathematics

Description

Hours: Three hours lecture per week Prerequisite: Junior Standing and successful completion of Golden Four GE Areas (A1, A2, A3, B4) 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.

Meeting Information

Info current as 5/6/2024
Days Times Room Meeting Dates Instructor
W  3:00 PM  -  5:50 PM  Sierra Hall 1121 1/25/2020 - 5/29/2020 Jesse Elliott

Status: Open
Class Number: 2843
Session: Regular Academic Session
Units: 3.00
Class Components: Lecture
Career: Undergraduate
Dates: 1/25/2020 - 5/29/2020
Grading: Letter Grade

Class Availability

Information below is 24 hours old.
Enrollment Total: 9
Available Seats: 15
Wait List Capacity: 5
Wait List Total: 0

Textbook / Other Materials

Status: Required
ISBN: 9780521826020
Title: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Mathematics
Publisher: CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
Author: Corfield

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Enrollment Information

  • Upper Division
  • Interdisciplinary Approaches Mission Pillar
  • Upper Div - B Scientific Inq & Quantitative Reason
  • Upper Div - C Arts and Humanities