GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION

THE PHILOSOPHY OF MATHEMATICS/4440023

Course Title:	THE PHILOSOPHY OF MATHEMATICS
Credits	3	ECTS	7.5
Semester	1	Compulsory/Elective	Elective

COURSE INFO

-- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION

Turkish

-- NAME OF LECTURER(S)

Prof. Dr. Ayşe UYAR

-- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)

http://websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/ayseu

-- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)

ayseu@gazi.edu.tr

-- LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT

It is expected that students explain the nature, foundations and truthness of mathematical knowledge.

-- MODE OF DELIVERY

-- PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES

-- RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENTS

--COURSE CONTENT
1. Week	Introduction
2. Week	Platonism
3. Week	Formalism
4. Week	Intuitionism and Constructivism
5. Week	Intuitionism and Constructivism
6. Week	Logicism
7. Week	Logicism
8. Week	Wittgenstein on Mathematics
9. Week	Paradoxes of the Infinite and Early Greek History
10. Week	Pre-Cantor from the Calculus to Kant
11. Week	Cantor and Transfinite Numbers
12. Week	Sets, Lowenheim-Skolem, and Godel
13. Week	Wittgenstein on the Infinite
14. Week	Evaluation of the course
15. Week
16. Week

-- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING

Brown, J. R. (1999) Philosophy of Mathematics, Routledge. Hart, W. D. (ed.) (1996) The Philosophy of Mathematics, Oxford. Moore, A. W. (2001) The

-- PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS

Lecture, Question & Answer, Discussion

-- WORK PLACEMENT(S)

-- ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA

	Quantity	Percentage
Mid-terms	0	0
Assignment	1	40
Exercises	1	40
Projects	1	10
Practice	1	10
Quiz	0	0
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade		100
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade		0

-- WORKLOAD

Efficiency	Total Week Count	Weekly Duration (in hour)	Total Workload in Semester
Theoretical Study Hours of Course Per Week	14	3	42
Practising Hours of Course Per Week			0
Reading	14	2	28
Searching in Internet and Library	14	2	28
Designing and Applying Materials			0
Preparing Reports	14	2	28
Preparing Presentation	14	2	28
Presentation	14	2	28
Mid-Term and Studying for Mid-Term			0
Final and Studying for Final			0
Other			0
TOTAL WORKLOAD:			182
TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25:			7.28
ECTS:			7.5

-- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM

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