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Course Code & Number:

EMT 420

Course Title:

Philosophy of Mathematics

Level:

BS

Credit Hours/ ECTS Credits:

(1+2+0) 2 TEDU Credits, 3 ECTS Credits

Academic Year

2025

Semester

Spring

Catalog Description:

Ontology and epistemology of mathematics. Mathematical concepts with proposition and the meaning of mathematical expressions. Fundamentals of mathematics. Methods and philosophical problems related to the nature of mathematics. Objectivity in mathematics and applicability to the real world. Studies of pioneers of philosophy of mathematics, such as Frege, Russel, Hilbert, Brouwer and Gödel. Flatness and dimension concept, basic theories of mathematics philosophy. Logicism, formalism and intuitionism. Semi-experimentalists and Lakatos. The relationship between mathematics philosophy and mathematics education. Social groups in the philosophy of mathematics education.

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Instructor:

Elçin Emre Akdoğan

Sap Event ID:

50282777

Learning Outcomes:

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

1. collaborate on ontology and epistemology of mathematics,
2. discuss the meaning of mathematical expressions,
3. elaborate on fundamentals, methods and nature of mathematics,
4. critique objectivity in mathematics and applicability to the real-world situations,
5. list pioneers of philosophy of mathematics,
6. state basic theories of philosophy of mathematics,
7. integrate basis of philosophy of mathematics and mathematics education.

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