http://zillion.homelinux.com/twiki/bin/view/Courses The Courses web of TWiki. TWiki is a Web-Based Collaboration Platform for the Enterprise. en-us Copyright 2008 by contributing authors Shaughan Lavine [shaughanREMOVE@q.com] The contributing authors of TWiki TWiki http://zillion.homelinux.com/twiki/bin/view/Courses http://zillion.homelinux.com/twiki/pub/TWiki/TWikiLogos/T-logo-140x40-t.gif http://zillion.homelinux.com/twiki/bin/view/Courses/PublishContribHistory Last Published Publisher ShaughanLavine Date 07 May 2007 17:13 {PublishContrib}{Dir} c:/home/philosophy/faculty/slavine/public html/ {PublishContrib}{URL} http ... (last changed by TWikiAdminGroup) 2008-09-05T07:01:49Z unknown http://zillion.homelinux.com/twiki/bin/view/Courses/CurrysFormalism The problem As we have seen, mathematical theories don't determine their domain, and the logicist attempt to say what the objects of mathematics are seems to fail ... (last changed by ShaughanLavine) 2008-09-04T19:41:36Z ShaughanLavine http://zillion.homelinux.com/twiki/bin/view/Courses/PhilosophyofMathematics Philosophy of Mathematics Due Dates Webpage: http://dingo.sbs.arizona.edu/~slavine/Courses/PhilosophyofMathematics ... (last changed by ShaughanLavine) 2008-09-04T18:07:16Z ShaughanLavine http://zillion.homelinux.com/twiki/bin/view/Courses/QuineonWhatTheoriesTellUs Quine Ontological Relativity Our ontological commitments are to the objects that must be in the domain of the quantifiers of the theories to which we are committed ... (last changed by ShaughanLavine) 2008-09-04T17:46:16Z ShaughanLavine http://zillion.homelinux.com/twiki/bin/view/Courses/MetaPhysics Metaphysics Due Dates MetaphysicsSyllabus Lecture Notes QuineWhatThereIs CarnapOnFrameworks QuineonWhatTheoriesTellUs ... (last changed by ShaughanLavine) 2008-09-04T16:32:29Z ShaughanLavine http://zillion.homelinux.com/twiki/bin/view/Courses/RussellonNumbers Russell Principles of Mathematics Why do we need to say what the numbers are, instead of merely giving axioms for them? The axioms only characterize the numbers "up ... (last changed by ShaughanLavine) 2008-09-02T19:11:54Z ShaughanLavine http://zillion.homelinux.com/twiki/bin/view/Courses/CarnapOnFrameworks Carnap, Empiricism, Semantics, and Ontology Empiricists are suspicious of abstract entities. They (we) shouldn't be: Carnap's project is to "overcome nominalistic ... (last changed by ShaughanLavine) 2008-09-02T17:45:45Z ShaughanLavine http://zillion.homelinux.com/twiki/bin/view/Courses/QuineWhatThereIs Quine is writing in response to Carnap, but Quine's article does more stage setting, and so we'll read him first. The positions of Carnap and Quine on ontology are ... (last changed by ShaughanLavine) 2008-09-02T16:45:09Z ShaughanLavine http://zillion.homelinux.com/twiki/bin/view/Courses/PhilosophyofMathematicsSyllabus Philosophy of Mathematics Shaughan Lavine Fall 2007 Philosophy 4/516316 Building ... (last changed by ShaughanLavine) 2008-08-27T21:14:00Z ShaughanLavine http://zillion.homelinux.com/twiki/bin/view/Courses/MetaphysicsSyllabus Metaphysics Phil4/540 Fall 2008 Tuesday and Thursday9:30 A.M. 10:45 A.M.Room 304 Languages Shaughan Lavine Syllabus Overview A syllabus may be viewed by the University ... (last changed by ShaughanLavine) 2008-08-26T10:15:52Z ShaughanLavine http://zillion.homelinux.com/twiki/bin/view/Courses/SampleQuestionPhilosophyofMathematics Question. "The statement that if %$\mathfrak{a}$% is a numerical symbol, then %$\mathfrak{a} 1 1 \mathfrak{a}$% is universally true, is from our finitary perspective ... (last changed by ShaughanLavine) 2008-08-26T06:58:42Z ShaughanLavine http://zillion.homelinux.com/twiki/bin/view/Courses/PhilosophyofMathematicsSyllabus2006 Philosophy of Mathematics Professor Shaughan Lavine Philosophy 596S Fall 2006 ... (last changed by ShaughanLavine) 2008-08-26T06:58:40Z ShaughanLavine http://zillion.homelinux.com/twiki/bin/view/Courses/PhilosophyofMathematicsSyllabus2007 Philosophy of Mathematics Shaughan Lavine Spring 2007 Philosophy 4/516311 Sciences ... (last changed by ShaughanLavine) 2008-08-26T06:58:40Z ShaughanLavine http://zillion.homelinux.com/twiki/bin/view/Courses/PhilosophyofMathematics2007 Philosophy of Mathematics Due Dates The final exam will be of the same basic format as the midterm. It will be cumulative ... (last changed by ShaughanLavine) 2008-08-26T06:58:40Z ShaughanLavine http://zillion.homelinux.com/twiki/bin/view/Courses/PhilosophyofMathematicsSyllabus2005 Philosophy of Mathematics Philosophy 416/516 Spring 2005 Professor Shaughan Lavine Monday, Wednesday, and Friday 10:00 A.M. 10:50 A.M. 314 Modern Languages ... (last changed by ShaughanLavine) 2008-08-26T06:58:40Z ShaughanLavine http://zillion.homelinux.com/twiki/bin/view/Courses/MetaphysicsSyllabusSpring2008 Metaphysics Phil4/540 Spring 2008 Monday, Wednesday, and Friday 2:00 P.M. 2:50 P.M.Room 311 Sciences Shaughan Lavine Syllabus Overview A syllabus may be viewed ... (last changed by ShaughanLavine) 2008-08-26T05:35:21Z ShaughanLavine