Essays about: "philosophy of mathematics"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 essays containing the words philosophy of mathematics.
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1. Mathematical Unconcealment and the Surveying of Proofs
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Filosofiska institutionenAbstract : Ever since the advent of computerized methods for solving mathematical problems, the concept of surveyability has played a central role in the debate surrounding what constitutes a mathematical proof. Ordinarily, it is by surveying the argument presented that the mathematician ascertains the truth of the conclusion, but with the advent of computer assisted technologies, there are mathematical conclusions known to be true without anyone ever having been able to survey the argument in its entirety. READ MORE
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2. Trouble in the Explanatory Paradise: On the Explanatory Indispensability Argument in the Philosophy of Mathematics
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för filosofi, lingvistik och vetenskapsteoriAbstract : .... READ MORE
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3. Pluralism in the philosophy of mathematics : Can Pluralism give a satisfactory solution to the foundational crisis in mathematics?
University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för idé- och samhällsstudierAbstract : Over the last decade, the demand for a unifying and foundational theoryof mathematics has become more critical. This is referred to as ”thefoundational crisis in Mathematics”. In this paper I will present a newposition in the philosophy of mathematics called Pluralism. READ MORE
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4. Re-Construction for the New : Gilles Deleuze’s Text-Critical Method in Différence et répétition
University essay from Södertörns högskola/FilosofiAbstract : This thesis argues, contrary to Gilles Deleuze’s critique of method and disavowal of textuality, that there is a re-constructive textual method at work in Deleuze’s 1968 treatise Différence et répétition. It is a method not for interpretation, representation, or deconstruction but for prolonging and reactivating historical and contemporary texts into the present and for the future. READ MORE
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5. Reduce Machine Stops To Limit Human Intervention In Aseptic Production
University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Biomedicinsk teknikAbstract : Production and patient safety requirements are high in pharmaceutical industries where standards are set accordingly and controlled by e.g. the U.S. READ MORE