Philo Agora's talk next Tuesday Tuesday, July 22 will be Prof
James Franklin: The Philosophy of Mathematics (and Infinity).
Philosophers have been fascinated by mathematics because it is the
gold standard of knowledge - it's proved correct and stays that way.
But what is it actually about - if biology is about life, what
aspects of the world does mathematics study? Maybe it's just a
language or method? The talk gives a realist view of mathematics as
about a real subject matter, with examples
from two areas: symmetry and infinity.
Jim Franklin is a professor in mathematics at the University of NSW.
He is involved in the Restraint Project, a study of the virtue of
self-restraint funded by the Australian
Tuesday July 22. at the Fair Trade Coffee House, 33 Glebe Point
Road, Glebe, $6.00 includes a free cup of coffee or tea. Start at
7.15 for 7.30. Finish at 9.00pm. If you want a meal, come early, as
the chef goes off at 7.30. All profits from the Fair Trade Cafe go
to Third World development.
Philo Agora talks for the coming months, and its approach to its
sessions, can be viewed at its website ,
<http://www.philoagora.com>www.philoagora.com .
The Philo Agora program has a talk on a philosophical theme every
two weeks
Philo Agora
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