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Also offered at third-year level.
Credit points: 11.1 4th year
Prerequisites: Some acquaintance with modern formal logic, such as Introduction to Formal Logic 161-221/321.
Contact: Up to three hours a week.
Objectives: At the completion of this subject, students should have an understanding of basic ontological and epistemological issues about mathematics, including the nature of number, the motivation of set-theoretic axioms, constructivism.
Content: Classical 20th century formulations, and more recent literature, on the metaphysics and epistemology of mathematics.
Assessment: Written work of up to 4,000 words. End-of-semester examinations may be required as partial substitution for this written work. Students will be advised in the first week of the course if this option is available.
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