PHILOS C128
Topics in Philosophy of Mathematics
Philosophy · 4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)
Introduction to philosophy of mathematics. Survey of philosophy of mathematics from Kant to Hilbert. Study of content and development of three main schools of logicism, formalism, and intuitionism in their historical context. Study of original texts of philosophy such as Kant, Frege, and Russell, and how their philosophy interacted with contemporary developments in mathematics and logic. May be repeated for credit with consent of instructor. May be concurrently scheduled with course C223.
P/NP or letter grading.
Requisites
Official UCLA wording
Requisites: courses 31, 132, and preferably one additional logic course.
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- PHILOS 132
- preferably one additional logic course
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Requires
Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
PHILOS C128
- PHILOS 31Logic, First Course
- PHILOS 132Logic, Second Course
2 direct requisites. The whole upstream is here — 3 courses over 2 levels. Every course here opens its own tree.
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What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.
No course in the catalog lists this as a requisite.