The Philosophy of Mathematics (Elucidations) by Daniel Sutherland

source: Philosophical Overdose    2016年9月11日
What is mathematics about and how do we acquire mathematical knowledge? Is mathematics something discovered or invented? Daniel Sutherland discusses such issues in the philosophy of mathematics, explaining some of the basic difficulties involved in trying to say what numbers are and how we come to know them.
Elucidations is a philosophy podcast from the University of Chicago.