This event is in the 2018–2019 Mathematics Seminar series.
Abstract: Love it or hate it, many people believe that mathematics gives humans access to a kind of truth that is more absolute and universal than other disciplines. If this claim is true, we must ask: what makes the origins and processes of mathematics special and how can our messy, biological brains connect to the absolute? If the claim is false, then what becomes of truth in mathematics? In this seminar, we will discuss beliefs about truth and how they play out in the mathematics classroom, trying to understand this thing we call the Liberal Arts.
Speaker: Brian Katz, Augustana College
Where: This seminar takes place in Roosevelt Hall room 213. Please contact Johanna Franklin with any questions.