Course Outline
| Monday | Topics/Assignments | Wednesday | Topics/Assignments |
| 8/31 |
Introduction
http://www.mathopenref.com/thales.html http://www.mathopenref.com/pythagoras.html http://www.321books.co.uk/biography/socrates.htm http://www.gap-system.org/~history/Biographies/Plato.html
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9/2 |
What is Math? (Part 1); Read pages 6-10 (Introduction) Read pages 11-28 (Western Philosophy), Read pages 29-30 (Metaphysics), Read pages 31-40 (Eastern Philosophy) Read Pages 41-49 (Eastern Philosophy & Science)
Additional Material
MA21/What is Mathematics _ Philosophical.pdf
http://members.cox.net/mathmistakes/what_is_mathematics1.htm http://members.cox.net/mathmistakes/what_is_mathematics2.htm http://members.cox.net/mathmistakes/what_is_mathematics3.htm |
| 9/7 |
LABOR DAY NO CLASS |
9/9 |
What is Math? (Part 2); Read pages 50-58 (Schools of Thought)Additional Resources: |
| 9/14 |
What is Math? (Part 3); Read pages 59-64 (Why does it explain...so well) Read pages 68-71 (Controversy ... Math) Homework: Complete Essay 1, Due Monday 9/21 |
9/16 |
How do we understand Math? (Part 1); Read pages 84-97 (the Brain), 98-107 (Mind-Body Duality), 110-126 (Consciousness)
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| 9/21 |
How do we understand Math? (Part 2); Read pages 127-143 (Knowledge), 144-173 (Theories of Learning) |
9/23 |
How do we understand Math? (Part 3); Read pages 174-201 (How do we learn Mathematics?) Additional Resources |
| 9/28 |
YOM KIPPUR NO CLASS |
9/30 |
How do we understand Math? (Part 3); Read pages 174-201 (How do we learn Mathematics?) |
| 10/5 |
REVIEW FOR TEST 1 |
10/7 |
TEST 1 |
| 10/12 |
How Did Mathematics Develop? (Historical Perspective) Part 1 Read pages 202-240 Egyptian and Roman Numerals |
10/14 |
How Did Mathematics Develop? (Historical Perspective) Part 1 Read pages 202-209 Positional Numbers Systems |
| 10/19 |
How Did Mathematics Develop? (Historical Perspective) Part 1 Read pages 216-231 Topics: Fractions |
10/21 |
How Did Mathematics Develop? (Historical Perspective) Part 1 Read pages 210-215 Zero, Negative Numbers Homework: Complete Essay 2, Due Wednesday 10/28
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| 10/26 |
How Did Mathematics Develop? (Historical Perspective) Part 1 Read pages 232-257 Topic: Infinity & Zeno's paradoxes |
10/28 |
How Did Mathematics Develop? (Historical Perspective) Part 1 Read pages 257-314
Topic: Infinity Homework: Complete Essay 3, Due Wednesday 11/4 |
| 11/2 |
How Did Mathematics Develop? (Historical Perspective) Part 1
Read pages 257-314 Topic: Exponential Numbers |
11/4 |
How Did Mathematics Develop? (Historical Perspective) Part 1 Read pages 257-314 Topic: Exponential Numbers Topic and References for Paper Due |
| 11/9 |
How Did Mathematics Develop? (Historical Perspective) Part 1 Read pages 257-314 Topic: Exponential Numbers |
11/11 |
Veterans Day NO CLASS |
| 11/16 |
How Did Mathematics Develop? (Historical Perspective) Part 1 Read pages 257-314 Topic: Exponential Numbers |
11/18 |
REVIEW FOR TEST 2 |
| 11/23 |
TEST 2 |
11/25 |
THANKSGIVING RECESS NO CLASS |
| 11/30 |
How Did Mathematics Develop? (Historical Perspective) Part 2
Topic: Propositional (Word) Logic |
12/2 |
How Did Mathematics Develop? (Historical Perspective) Part 2
Topic: Symbolic Logic/Set Theory |
| 12/7 |
How Did Mathematics Develop? (Historical Perspective) Part 2
Topic: Symbolic Logic/Set Theory |
12/9 |
How Did Mathematics Develop? (Historical Perspective) Part 2 Topic: Symbolic Logic |
| 12/14 |
How Did Mathematics Develop? (Historical Perspective) Part 2 Topic: Overview of Set Theory Homework: Complete Essay 4, Due Last Day of Class |
12/16 |
REVIEW TEST 3 |
| 12/21 |
TEST 3 Final Paper Due |