Go Back to 136-339 (History & Phil'y of Sci., Faculty of Arts, v3, p113)
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Different ASSESSMENT
Source=[Up to 5,000 words of written work.]
Xref = [Written work of up to 5,000 words.]
Different CONTACT
Source=[Up to three hours of lectures, seminars or tutorials a week.]
Xref = [26 hours of lectures (two hours a week). Thirteen tutorials (one a week). Students are expected to devote a substantial number of hours to research reading]
Different CONTENT
Source=[Classical 20th-century formulations, and more recent literature, on the metaphysics and epistemology of mathematics.]
Xref = [Classical 20th-century formulations on the metaphysics and epistemology of mathematics; recent developments; logicism; set-theoretic realism; intuitionism; notions of structure and abstraction.]
Different OBJECTIVES
Source=[Students completing this subject should develop:
<ul>
<li>familiarity with a variety of theoretical frameworks for the epistemology and metaphysics of mathematics;
<li>a sense of the mutual relevance of these frameworks to issues of method and axromatics.
</ul>]
Xref = [Students completing this subject should develop:
<ul>
<li>familiarity with a variety of theoretical frameworks for the epistemology and metaphysics of mathematics;
<li>a sense of the mutual relevance of these frameworks to issues of method and axiomatics.
</ul>]
Different POINTS
Source=[16.7 3rd year]
Xref = [16.7]
Different PREREQUISITES
Source=[Some acquaintance with modern formal logic, such as Introduction to Formal Logic 161-221 or preliminary reading (a study guide will be available from the HPS office). <b> Prerequisite: </b> At least two 200-level HPS subjects or an approved equivalent.]
Xref = [Introduction to Formal Logic 161-013 or suitable preliminary reading in modern formal logic (a study guide will be available from the Philosophy Office)]
Different PRESCRIBEDTEXTS
Source=[<ATEXT>Benacerraf P and Putnam H<i> Philosophy of Mathematics</i> 1983 Cambridge UP
<ATEXT>Pollard S <i>A Philosophical Introduction to Set Theory.</i>]
Xref = [<ATEXT>Benacerraf P and Putnam H <i>Philosophy of Mathematics</i> Cambridge UP (1983)
<ATEXT>Pollard S A<i> Philosophical Introduction to Set Theory.</i>]
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