Achilles, the Tortoise, and the Objectivity of Mathematics (MP3 download) Education

Achilles, the Tortoise, and the Objectivity of Mathematics (MP3 download) EducationBy Pat Corvini Philosophers and mathematicians alike have long misunderstood the relation of mathematics to the real world and to the rest of human knowledge. A proper theory of concepts is essential to an understanding of the nature of math. Thanks to Ayn Rand, we now have the basis for such an understanding. In this course, Dr. Corvini draws on Objectivist epistemology to offer a new identification of how mathematical concepts are related to

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Edwin Newman

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edited by Harry Binswanger and Leonard Peikoff

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psycho-epistemology as one’s automatized “mental software”

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Understanding a point versus knowing how to present it—and what is required for each