PHIL 148 - Philosophy of Mathematics

Institution:

Harvard University

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Philosophical issues concerning mathematics, such as: its degree of certainty and necessity, its being apparently a priori, what reference to objects such as numbers and sets amounts to, the relation of mathematics and logic, whether classical logic can be called into question. Reading of such writers as Frege, Brouwer, Hilbert, Carnap, Quine, and contemporaries.

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4.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.harvard.edu

Phone Number:

(617) 495-1000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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