Tag: "philosophy of mathematics"

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]

Mathematical Knowledge: A Dilemma

Rui Vieira thinks of a number.
[Issue 81 :: October/November 2010 :: Metaphysics]

Poincaré’s Prize by George G. Szpiro

David Dillard-Wright is philosophical about mathematics.
[Issue 75 :: September/October 2009 :: Books]

Pi and the Movie Mind

A number of recent films deal with mathematics and mathematicians. Can we learn something from them or are they misleading? Peter Stone investigates.
[Issue 64 :: November/December 2007 :: Films]