Hypatia of Alexandria
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Hypatia of Alexandria, late antiquity public figure and scholar, made significant contributions to mathematics, philosophy,…
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Leibniz
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The intellectual domain of Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz cannot be captured in a single word.…
Infinity
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Infinity is a puzzling concept. Mathematicians say there are as many odd numbers as there…
Math and the Mind
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How does a bunch of grey matter in our skulls have the ability to solve…
What Are Numbers?
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Plato claimed that numbers exist in some mind-independent abstract heaven. Nominalists claim that there is…
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