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Philosophy of a Specific Discipline: Philosophy of Mathematics

Please note that this specialisation will not be offered any longer in 2010-2011.

Philosophy of Mathematics is a specialisation of the MA programme in Philosophy of a Specific Discipline. The two-year Master’s programme in Philosophy of a Specific Discipline is intended for students in a particular academic discipline who are interested in the philosophical foundations and methodological aspects of that discipline.

For information about the objectives and general structure of the programme, the MA thesis and the requirements for graduation, please see the website of the MA in Philosophy of Specific Discipline. For a brief description of this specialisation click on ‘Informatie’ above.

Structure of the programme

First Year

  • 10 EC / MA course in Philosophy

  • 10 EC / MA course in Philosophy

  • 10 EC / Specialist MA course in Philosophy of Mathematics

  • 30 EC / MA courses in Mathematics

Second Year

  • 10 EC / Specialist MA course in Philosophy of Mathematics

  • 10 EC / MA courses in Mathematics

  • 10 EC / Literature Study in the area of the MA thesis

  • 30 EC / MA thesis

Eerste jaar / Tweede jaar

The following MA courses in Philosophy and specialist MA courses in Philosophy of Mathematics are on offer in 2009-2010:

Vak EC Semester 1 Semester 2

Specialist courses in Philosophy of Mathematics

Philosophy of Mathematics I 10
Philosophy of Mathematics II 10

MA courses in Philosophy

Newton as Philosopher 10
Philosophy and History of Philosophy: an Uneasy Couple? 10
Philosophy of Historiography I: General and Intellectual History 10
Het ding bij Heidegger en Ponge 10
Locke's Essay Concerning Human Understanding 10
Nietzschean and Post-Nietzschean Aesthetics 10
Philosophy of Historiography II: History of Science 10
The Taming of the Mind 10
Wijsgerige antropologie IV: Taal en Romantiek 10
Ethics and Evolution 10
Moral Psychology 10

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Description

Philosophy of Mathematics is focused on issues of semantics in relation to mathematical constructivism and historical and systematic sub-areas, such as logical objectivism.

Specialisation co-ordinator

Prof. dr. B.G. (Göran) Sundholm
b.g.sundholm@phil.leidenuniv.nl