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]

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]

Hi, School Philosophy! • Oxford Welcomes Careful Thinkers • Holy Rock Tours America • Euclid’s Parallel Theorem Proved? — News reports by Sue Roberts in London and Lisa Sangoi in New York.
[Issue 47 :: August/September 2004 :: News]

What is the Philosophy of Mathematics?

Stephen Ferguson asks whether mathematical objects are real.
[Issue 19 :: Winter 1997/98 :: Articles]

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