ES.2H3 Ancient Philosophy and Mathematics, Fall 2009

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Perlman, Lee
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Ancient Philosophy and Mathematics
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Abstract
Western philosophy and theoretical mathematics were born together, and the cross-fertilization of ideas in the two disciplines was continuously acknowledged throughout antiquity. In this course, we read works of ancient Greek philosophy and mathematics, and investigate the way in which ideas of definition, reason, argument and proof, rationality and irrationality, number, quality and quantity, truth, and even the idea of an idea were shaped by the interplay of philosophic and mathematical inquiry.
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2009-12
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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/106136
Department
MIT Experimental Study Group
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ES.2H3-Fall2009
local: ES.2H3
local: IMSCP-MD5-5863f95641ed8b313dadc88444a6bdbc
Keywords
mathematics, geometry, history, philosophy, Greek philosophy, Plato, Euclid, Aristotle, Rene Descartes, Nicomachus, Francis Bacon, number, irrational number, ratio, ethics, logos, logic, ancient knowing, modern knowing, Greek conception of number, idea of number, courage, justice, pursuit of truth, truth as a surd
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