Brilliant. I've got to revisit this lecture again, because Hacking has managed to compact so much material into a single hour. He has created an outline for a massive tome on the philosophy of mathematics. I hope he writes it.
@elisadirechts2 жыл бұрын
circa 39:10 missing word was: Prolegomena
@PavelSTL13 жыл бұрын
@FunkyTurner I was falling asleep myself, but past the 40 min mark he started talking about the classical debate of whether we discover mathematics "out there" or if it's an invention of our cognitive faculties. It was a pretty interesting overview of the debate. True though, if you're not into philosophy, this is boring.
@SnOwL512 жыл бұрын
Yeah I guess if you are not interested in philosophy a philosophy lecture will be boring for you...Surprise!