Tag: "philosophy of mathematics"

Solving the Mystery of Mathematics

Jared Warren says, think of a number. What exactly are you thinking of?
[Issue 157: August/September 2023: Metaphysics]

Is Mathematics in the Fabric of the Universe?

Adrian Brockless unravels the threads.
[Issue 146: October/November 2021: Reality]

The Limits of Computation

Apostolos Syropoulos goes back to BASICs to consider whether the human brain is a computer.
[Issue 142: February/March 2021: The Tree of Knowledge]

To Infinity… and Beyond!

Owain Griffin takes a leap beyond the limits of numbers, into concepts.
[Issue 137: April/May 2020: Articles]

Conceptual Origami

Andrew Notier unfolds the social construction of mathematics for us.
[Issue 134: October/November 2019: Articles]

Simon & Finn

by Melissa Felder
[Issue 120: June/July 2017: Cartoon]

Gottlob Frege (1848-1925)

Alistair MacFarlane laments the profound disappointment of a master of logic.
[Issue 116: October/November 2016: Brief Lives]

The Universe Is Made Of Mathematics

Sam Woolfe recounts the mathematical metaphysics of physicist Max Tegmark.
[Issue 113: April/May 2016: Articles]

Democritus’s Cone

by Sarah Adams
[Issue 104: September/October 2014: Poetry]

Mathematics & Reality

Raymond Tallis on maths’ unreasonable effectiveness.
[Issue 102: May/June 2014: Tallis in Wonderland]