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Carnegie Mellon University, Department of Philosophy,
Spring 2001

The Nature of Mathematical Reasoning

Dirk Schlimm


Related links

Here are some links to web-pages which contain material related to the course.
If you find other links that you think should appear here, too, just tell me!

Early history of mathematics:

  • The cave of Lascaux. About 30000 year old paintings and drawings. Great website!
  • More pictures from Lascaux. Also links.
  • Newgrange, Ireland. Built around 3,200 BC.
  • Newgrange, Ireland. More pictures.
  • Stone Pages. Pictures and descriptions of neolithic stone circles, dolmens, standing stones, cairns, barrows and hillforts in Europe.
  • Neolithic Carved Stone Polyhedra. Believed to date to around 2000 BC, found in Scotland.
  • Axiomatic systems:
  • Euclid's Elements, very fun, with moving diagrams!
  • Spinoza's Ethics. You don't believe it, unless you see it.
  • Biographies, etc:
  • For biographies of mathematicians, this is the best resource on the web, the MacTutor History of Mathematics archive
  • Information concering Frege can also be found here.
  • Jeff Miller's pages on the earliest known uses of
  • ... some of the words of mathematics, and
  • ... various mathematical symbols are very interesting.
  • A nice explanation of deductive validity using a
  • thermos.
  • If you're interested in the history of mathematics in general, see
  • David Wilkins' pages on the History of Mathematics. It has tons of links!
  • What is mathematics, anyway?
  • A Gentle Introduction to the Mathematics Subject Classification Scheme
  • 2000 Mathematics Subject Classification
  • Proofs:
  • Keith Lynn's proof that Pi is irrational
  • Jim Morey's interactive proof of the Theorem of Pythagoras
  • More proofs of the Theorem of Pythagoras
  • If you are curious about Descartes' ontological argument for the existence of God (Question 8 in the midterm exam), follow these links: To look for books in the Pittsburgh libraries:
  • CMU Libraries
  • University of Pittsburgh Libraries
  • References:
  • The Language of First-Order Logic. The official website of CSLI
  • Philosophy section of CMU Library
  • For some advice on how to write a paper or how to cope with math axiety, look at:
  • Advice to research and writing, with many very useful links
  • Coping with math anxiety, a good resource.
  • Here are some links of general interest:
  • AddAll.com, finds you the cheapest online store for a particular book.
  • FreeStuff, has coupons for online stores.

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