Philosophy of Mathematics
General data
Course ID: | WM-MA-FILM |
Erasmus code / ISCED: | (unknown) / (unknown) |
Course title: | Philosophy of Mathematics |
Name in Polish: | Filozofia matematyki |
Organizational unit: | Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences. School of Exact Sciences. |
Course groups: |
Courses at UKSW |
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores): |
6.00
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Language: | Polish |
(in Polish) Dyscyplina naukowa, do której odnoszą się efekty uczenia się: | mathematics |
Subject level: | intermediate |
Learning outcome code/codes: | MA1_W03 (X1A_W03) MA1_U01, U04, U36 (X1A_U01) MA1_K02 (X1A_K07) |
Preliminary Requirements: | (in Polish) podstawy algebry i analizy matematycznej |
Short description: |
History of Philosophy of Mathematics Truth and Mathematical Language Mathematics and Nature |
Full description: |
Basics of Mathematical Philosophy Evolution of Mathematical Concepts Mathematics in Antiquity Mathematics in Modern Times Contemporary Currents in Philosophy of Mathematics Mathematical Criterion of Truth Problems of Contradiction and Completeness in Formal Systems Mathematics and Logic Mathematics in Classical Physics Mathematics in Contemporary Physics Quantum Theory and Reality The New Mathematics of Chaos and Nonlinear Dynamics The Fractal Geometry of Nature Mathematical Cosmological Models Conclusions: the Essence of Mathematics |
Bibliography: |
Robert Audi (1999), The Cambridge Dictionary of Philosophy, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, 1995, 2nd edition, page 542. Thomas Tymoczko, New Directions in the Philosophy of Mathematics, 1998, ISBN 978-0691034980. Ian Stewart, Does God Play Dice? The New Mathematics of Chaos, Penguin Books 1990. --- Wiesław M. Macek, The Origin of the World: Cosmos or Chaos? Wydawnictwo Naukowe UKSW, 2020, 978-83-8090-690-7, e-ISBN 978-83-8090-687-7, Benoit B. Mandelbrot, The Fractal Geometry of Nature, W. H. Freeman and Company, New York, 1977, 1982, 1983. Michael Heller, The New Physics and a New Theology, G. V. Coyne, S. Giovannini, T. M. Sierotowicz, Vatican Observatory Publications, Notre Dame 1996. Michael Heller, Ultimate Explanations of the Universe, Springer-Verlag Berlin & Heidelberg, 2009. Isaac Newton, The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy, University of California Press, Berkeley, 1999. Michael Heller, Philosophy of Chance. A Cosmic Fugue with a Prelude and a Coda, Copernicus Center Press, Krakow 2012. Shing-Tung Yau, Steve Nadis, The Shape of Inner Space. String Theory and the Geometry of the Universe's Hidden Dimensions, Basic Books, New York, 2010. |
Efekty kształcenia i opis ECTS: |
Understand the essence and importance of mathematical theories in contemporary science. Can apply the knowledge to modeling real phenomena in nature. Can think and act in a rational way. |
Assessment methods and assessment criteria: |
Participation at lectures and exercises Written paper / oral examination knowledge and understanding 3 analysis and synthesis 4 original evaluation of philosophy of mathematics 5 |
Classes in period "Winter semester 2021/22" (past)
Time span: | 2021-10-01 - 2022-01-31 |
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MO TU WYK
CW
W TH FR |
Type of class: |
Classes, 30 hours
Lectures, 30 hours
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Coordinators: | Wiesław Macek | |
Group instructors: | Wiesław Macek | |
Course homepage: | https://e.uksw.edu.pl/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=13725 | |
Students list: | (inaccessible to you) | |
Examination: |
Course -
examination
Classes - graded credit Lectures - examination |
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(in Polish) E-Learning: | (in Polish) E-Learning (pełny kurs) z podziałem na grupy |
Classes in period "Winter semester 2022/23" (past)
Time span: | 2022-10-01 - 2023-01-31 |
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MO TU WYK
CW
W TH FR |
Type of class: |
Classes, 30 hours
Lectures, 30 hours
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Coordinators: | Wiesław Macek | |
Group instructors: | Wiesław Macek | |
Course homepage: | https://e.uksw.edu.pl/course/view.php?id=31431 | |
Students list: | (inaccessible to you) | |
Examination: |
Course -
examination
Classes - graded credit Lectures - examination |
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(in Polish) E-Learning: | (in Polish) E-Learning (pełny kurs) z podziałem na grupy |
Classes in period "Winter semester 2023/24" (past)
Time span: | 2023-10-01 - 2024-01-31 |
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MO TU WYK
CW
W TH FR |
Type of class: |
Classes, 30 hours
Lectures, 30 hours
|
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Coordinators: | Wiesław Macek | |
Group instructors: | Wiesław Macek | |
Students list: | (inaccessible to you) | |
Examination: | examination | |
(in Polish) E-Learning: | (in Polish) E-Learning |
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Type of subject: | obligatory |
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(in Polish) Grupa przedmiotów ogólnouczenianych: | (in Polish) nie dotyczy |
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