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ES.2H3 Ancient Philosophy and Mathematics, Fall 2009

dc.contributor.authorPerlman, Leeen_US
dc.coverage.temporalFall 2009en_US
dc.date.issued2009-12
dc.identifierES.2H3-Fall2009
dc.identifierlocal: ES.2H3
dc.identifierlocal: IMSCP-MD5-5863f95641ed8b313dadc88444a6bdbc
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/106136
dc.description.abstractWestern 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.en_US
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dc.subjectmathematicsen_US
dc.subjectgeometryen_US
dc.subjecthistoryen_US
dc.subjectphilosophyen_US
dc.subjectGreek philosophyen_US
dc.subjectPlatoen_US
dc.subjectEucliden_US
dc.subjectAristotleen_US
dc.subjectRene Descartesen_US
dc.subjectNicomachusen_US
dc.subjectFrancis Baconen_US
dc.subjectnumberen_US
dc.subjectirrational numberen_US
dc.subjectratioen_US
dc.subjectethicsen_US
dc.subjectlogosen_US
dc.subjectlogicen_US
dc.subjectancient knowingen_US
dc.subjectmodern knowingen_US
dc.subjectGreek conception of numberen_US
dc.subjectidea of numberen_US
dc.subjectcourageen_US
dc.subjectjusticeen_US
dc.subjectpursuit of truthen_US
dc.subjecttruth as a surden_US
dc.titleES.2H3 Ancient Philosophy and Mathematics, Fall 2009en_US
dc.title.alternativeAncient Philosophy and Mathematicsen_US


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