Tag: "philosophy of mathematics"

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]

The Laws of Belief by Wolfgang Spohn

Richard Baron forms some beliefs about Wolfgang Spohn’s book.
[Issue 94 :: January/February 2013 :: Books]

On Points

Raymond Tallis pinpoints the mathematics/reality divide.
[Issue 87 :: November/December 2011 :: Tallis in Wonderland]