Philosophy Department Math
We value clarity of expression and logical precision and we believe that philosophical work is enriched when it is animated by a range of conversations in the humanities social sciences physical sciences and arts.
Philosophy department math. Apart from the standard fare in ethics language mind and metaphysics research includes philosophy of action philosophy of science feminist philosophy social philosophy philosophy of cognitive science philosophy of sex gender philosophy of mathematics philosophy of race kant. We engage with other disciplines helping to improve their foundations methods and concepts. Philosophy of mathematics seminar. The isaiah berlin lectures.
Scanlon alford professor of natural religion moral philosophy and civil polity emeritus. Philosophy is the investigation of very general and fundamental questions about knowledge reality mind morality logic language reasoning politics art and value among other things. The department of philosophy at the university of chicago is distinctive in combining a humanistic orientation with a commitment to philosophical rigor. The department of mathematics and philosophy offers minor in mathematics that requires a student to take a sequence of two calculus courses and an additional 9 credit hours of approved mathematics electives with at least 6 of the hours of upper division courses.
Our vision of philosophy is interdisciplinary rigorous applied and relevant. The philosophy faculty at radcliffe humanities. We offer exceptionally. The john locke lectures.
We do research on the foundations of science ethics computation mathematics value theory language and much more. Logic and mathematics are tools for almost all members of the department but they are also objects of investigation. Vuilleumier professor of philosophy research interests. The philosophy of mathematics is the branch of philosophy that studies the assumptions foundations and implications of mathematics it aims to understand the nature and methods of mathematics and find out the place of mathematics in people s lives.
The gareth evans memorial lectures. As tools they provide means of rigorously capturing aspects of experience. The uehiro lectures in practical ethics. Philosophy at cambridge is studied as a single subject at undergraduate level but it can be studied for one two or three years.
The department briefly changed its name on april 1 2020 our 14 faculty have eclectic interests. The ucla department of philosophy has been among the top ranked doctoral programs for decades with strengths across the discipline including philosophy of language philosophy of mind metaphysics philosophy of science logic philosophy of mathematics ethics social and political philosophy philosophy of law and the history of philosophy from antiquity to the present. The logical and structural nature of mathematics itself makes this study both broad and unique among its philosophical counterparts. Philosophy and history of mathematics.
The nellie wallace lectures. Post kantian european philosophy seminar. Interested students can choose from calculus iii geometry linear algebra differential equations logic and sets mathematical.