1 | Introduction | |
Ancient and Modern Knowing |
2 | Knowledge as Power/Knowledge as Virtue | |
3 | The Idea of a Proof | |
Logos and Arithmos |
4 | Logos as Definition- What is "What is?" | |
5 | Logos as Ratio, Magnitude and Multitude, Quality and Quantity | First paper due |
6 | The Greek Conception of Number | |
7 | The Idea of Number: Ancient vs. Modern | |
Measuring the Unmeasurable |
8 | Putting the Irrational in Ratio | |
9 | Fitting Ideas to the World | |
10 | Fitting Ideas to the World (cont.) | Second paper due |
11 | The Truth as a Surd | |
12 | The Truth as a Surd (cont.) | |
The Limits of Mathematics |
13 | A. Plato, Protagoras | Third paper due |
14 | B. Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics | |
15 | Review | |