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Plato, Kant, and Aristotle In Mathematics

Glenn Marcus

Presented at: TJS 1991

Date: Aug 04, 1991

Mathematicians have always relied, either explicitly or implicitly, on philosophy for answers to questions such as: What is mathematics? How is it done? What is its relation to human life? This lecture discusses the main answers to these questions, identifies their fundamental philosophic authors (mainly Plato, Aristotle, and Kant), and explains how the answers have determined the progress or stagnation of mathematics.

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