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Lectures on the Philosophy of Mathematics, Oxford, Michaelmas 2018 | Joel David Hamkins
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| | This will be a series of lectures on the philosophy of mathematics, given at Oxford University, Michaelmas term 2018. The lectures are mainly intended for undergraduate students preparing for exam ...
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Why Mathematical Proof Is a Social Compact | Quanta Magazine
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| | Number theorist Andrew Granville on what mathematics really is - and why objectivity is never quite within reach.
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"Repugnant to the nature of a straight line": Non-Euclidean geometry - Intellectual Mathematics
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| | The discovery of non-Euclidean geometry in the 19th century radically undermined traditional conceptions of the relation between mathematics and the world. Instead of assuming that physical space was the subject matter of geometry, mathematicians elaborated numerous alternative geometries abstractly
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A blitz through classical statistical learning theory - Windows On Theory
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