Units: 4
Hours: Lecture, 3 hours; extra reading, written work, homework prob- lems, 3 hours
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Prerequisites: PHIL 124 or one math- ematics course or consent of instructor
Description: Discusses topics such as the abstract nature of mathematical objects, the sources of mathematical knowledge, the relation between mathematics and logic, and the infi- nite in mathematics. Considers the development of some selected parts of mathematics (especially arith- metic, geometry, algebra, and set theory) and of vari- ous corresponding philosophical positions (platonism, formalism, intuitionism, structuralism). Course is repeatable as content changes.
Credit: Credit is awarded for only one of PHIL 139 or PHIL 239.