Opinionated History of Mathematics
What makes a good axiom?
35 min•4 oktober 2020
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How should axioms be justified? By appeal to intuition, or sensory perception? Or are axioms legitimated merely indirectly, by their logical consequences? Plato and Aristotle disagreed, and later Newton disagreed even more. Their philosophies can be seen as rival interpretations of Euclid’s Elements. Transcript What kinds of axioms do we want in our geometry? How … Continue reading What makes a good axiom?
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