PHIL 243 - What is Math?

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Willamette University

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Survey of philosophical investigations into the nature of mathematics, treating such questions as: What are numbers? Are mathematical truths discovered or invented? If discovered, how do we come to know about them? If invented, does just anything go? Do the various branches of mathematics share a common foundation? What do we mean by "foundation?" Are there limits to mathematics? Is the previous question mathematical? Readings will include selections from historical philosophers as well as contemporary philosophers and mathematicians. No prerequisites, although students might find it useful to have taken PHIL 140, or a course in computer science or mathematics. Offering: Alternate falls Instructor: Welty

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1.00

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Institution Website:

www.willamette.edu

Phone Number:

(503) 370-6300

Regional Accreditation:

Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities

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Semester

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