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Philosophy Of Mathematics

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The philosophy of mathematics is the study of the nature and foundations of mathematical truths, exploring questions about the existence of mathematical objects, the nature of mathematical knowledge, and the relationship between mathematics and the physical world.
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The philosophy of mathematics is the study of the nature and foundations of mathematical truths, exploring questions about the existence of mathematical objects, the nature of mathematical knowledge, and the relationship between mathematics and the physical world.

Key research themes

1. What grounding does philosophy of mathematics provide for understanding mathematical proof, application, and epistemic justification?

This research area investigates the foundational nature and epistemic status of mathematical proof and application in mathematics, focusing on their cognitive aspects and the roles they play in constituting mathematical knowledge. It challenges dominant formalist accounts by emphasizing the experiential and constructive aspects of mathematical proof. The theme also explores philosophy of mathematics as an essential base for mathematical practice and education, considering how conceptions of proof and application underpin mathematical understanding.

Key finding: Ian Hacking identifies two competing conceptions of mathematical proof—the Cartesian conception of proof as immediate, graspable insight and the Leibnizian conception as mechanical reproducibility. He argues that the... Read more
Key finding: Drawing on Wittgenstein's middle period work, this paper highlights his view that mathematical propositions differ from empirical generalisations in being provable through analysis rather than comparison with facts.... Read more
Key finding: This work argues that philosophy of mathematics forms a crucial theoretical basis underpinning research and practice in mathematics education. It shows that teachers’ personal beliefs about mathematics implicitly reflect... Read more

2. How can dialogical methodologies enhance collaboration between mathematicians and mathematics educators for advancing educational research?

This theme examines interdisciplinary collaboration methodologies aimed at bridging distinct epistemic and disciplinary perspectives of mathematicians and mathematics educators. It addresses challenges arising from asymmetrical communication, differing terminologies, and objectives by proposing dialogical inquiry frameworks inspired by Bakhtin's theory of dialogism. Such methodologies foster co-creation of shared meanings and hybrid understandings of advanced mathematical concepts within educational research, ultimately enriching mathematics pedagogy and theory.

Key finding: This paper introduces dialogical inquiry, based on Bakhtinian dialogism, as a novel qualitative data analysis methodology allowing mathematicians and mathematics educators to collaboratively negotiate meanings. It identifies... Read more

3. What new foundational frameworks in philosophy and mathematics provide innovative perspectives on the nature of mathematical abstraction, ontology, and the interface between mathematics and physical reality?

This research theme investigates advanced philosophical and mathematical frameworks that reconceptualize fundamental mathematical notions, such as abstraction, ontology of mathematical entities, and their relation to physical reality. Through historical and contemporary analyses, it incorporates operator algebras, noncommutative geometry, information-theoretic principles, and number-theoretic structures to explore the limits and extensions of classical mathematics. The aim is to provide operational and metaphysical clarity on mathematics as both an abstract system and a substrate related to empirical phenomena.

Key finding: This paper provides a historical and philosophical account of three conceptions of mathematical abstraction—via extension (Frege, Russell), via subtraction (Dedekind, Cantor), and via representation (Zermelo, von... Read more
Key finding: The paper proposes replacing classical differentiable spacetime manifolds with von Neumann and C*-algebras in a noncommutative geometry framework to model quantum spacetime. It introduces spectral triples on discrete causal... Read more
Key finding: This philosophical analysis reinterprets Parmenides' early Greek poem as a critique of natural language's inadequacy for describing the natural world, proposing that his notions anticipate formal, non-verbal systems akin to... Read more
Key finding: This paper formulates and proves that absolute nothingness—the total absence of entities or information—is logically inconsistent within the frameworks of Zermelo-Fraenkel set theory and algorithmic information theory when... Read more
Key finding: Building on Peter Plichta's discovery that primes greater than three align along modular rays 6n ± 1, this paper situates the resulting prime-based arithmetic lattice as an ontic substrate underlying physical reality,... Read more
Key finding: RUAGAK theory revises over 100 fundamental equations in physics and related domains by introducing rotational coherence, phase-based dynamics, and present-relative logic, replacing classical linear assumptions. Notably, it... Read more
Key finding: This paper introduces the semantic interface Φ, mapping formal syntactic systems to a semantic meta-layer, to analyze the P vs NP problem. It argues that NP-completeness embodies a semantic invariance that cannot be collapsed... Read more

All papers in Philosophy Of Mathematics

This paper extends the case in 'Conscious Thought Under Sensory Deprivation'. It then presents an overlooked puzzle for scholars of Ibn Sina. It concludes by identifying other contexts in which Ibn Sina deploys the general method of the... more
The Law of Universal Mathematical Unity (LUMU), defined as E=⋃i=1∞Φ(xi) \mathcal{E} = \bigcup_{i=1}^\infty \Phi(x_i) E=⋃i=1∞ Φ(xi), proposes that all phenomena-real, imagined, possible, or impossible-can be mapped to mathematics through a... more
Modern physics stands in crisis. Despite breathtaking successes in technology and measurement, its greatest theories cannot explain their own foundations. Dark matter and dark energy remain unseen. Quantum entanglement defies locality.... more
Kant's Critique of Judgment presents nature's beauty as a cipher, suggesting order and conformity to ends. Aesthetic judgment, as a judgment of conformity to ends, is integral to Kant's system, reflecting the harmony between our rational... more
This paper synthesizes CAT'S Theory (Reality = Pattern × Intent × Presence) as the ontological foundation with the RES → RAG → ORT model as a modular, operational extension. By resolving historical and linguistic ambiguities between zero,... more
We investigate the algebraic correspondence between logical operations OR and XOR and the additive and subtractive structures in the Meyenburg Algebra. By embedding these operators in the framework of Wheel Algebra, we demonstrate that... more
This paper completes the Chronoflux Framework treatment of the Millennium Problems announced by the Clay Mathematics Institute. Previous work within the framework has derived the Riemann Siegel formula and given a resolution of the Navier... more
In this issue, the Melita Theologica, published by the Faculty of Theology at the University of Malta, focuses on philosophical theology.
SUNTO: Il confronto di alcune proposizioni della tradizione arabo-latina e di quella greco-latina dei primi due libri degli Elementi di Euclide, dedicati alla teoria dell’equivalenza tra poligoni, presenta molteplici aspetti interessanti... more
The 7 august edition of the AAAS Journal: Science, included a fifty year retrospective analysis of the influences of the seminal text by E. O. Wilson: "Sociobiology: The New synthesis." This essay is a response to that article. That... more
In this paper we discuss the origins and the evolution of rigor in mathematics in relation to the creation of mathematical objects. We provide examples of key moments in the development of mathematics that support our thesis that the... more
This article explores the profound connection between logic and divine thought, positing that logic is the art and science of aligning individual minds with a universal consciousness, as inspired by Erwin Schrödinger’s quantum theory that... more
In the shrimp pond aquaculture system, metabolic waste in the form of unfeed pellets and shrimp excretion can reduce water quality and increase both soluble organic matter in waters and organic deposition to sediments. A developed... more
A valid proof of the non-existence of infinity in our physical world
Color compatibility is the essence of fashion and dress selection, not only determining the beauty of an outfit but also determining consumer purchasing behavior. Following the significance of visually pleasing and harmonious garments,... more
The positional number system of any integer base b ≥ 2 can be viewed as a closed, self-similar grammar. Each number is formed according to the same rule of decomposition into coefficients and powers of the base, and each digit belongs to... more
In "The Runabout Inference-Ticket," the New Zealand-born philosopher and logician Arthur N. Prior presented the tonk argument as a case against the inferential role view of logical connectivesthe view that the meaning of a given logical... more
This paper advances the proposition that the long-perceived irreconcilability between quantum mechanics and theological creation narratives is not a matter of mutually exclusive truths, but a misalignment in the Pattern of inquiry itself.... more
One of the most characteristic interpretations of ancient Egyptian mathematics, which has largely been maintained throughout its historiography since the first translations of the Rhind and Moscow papyri, is its eminently practical... more
We present a domain-agnostic, audit-ready framework for mapping stability regimes in timeseries and field data through a unified set of five collapse-invariant quantities: drift ω, fidelity F , entropy S, curvature C, and reentry delay... more
How the semantic significance of numerical discourse gets determined is a metasemantic issue par excellence. At the sub-sentential level, the issue is riddled with difficulties on account of the contested metaphysical status of the... more
I carry out in this paper a philosophical analysis of the principle of excluded middle (or, as it is often called in the version I favor here, principle of bivalence: any meaningful assertion is either true or false). This principle has... more
I discuss here the pragmatic problem in the philosophy of mathematics, that is, the applicability of mathematics, particularly in empirical science, in its many variants. My point of depart is that all sciences are formal, descriptions of... more
Husserl's last book, The Crisis of European Science and Transcendental Phmomenology, was written during one of the bleakest periods of European history.1 European culture, he rightly saw, was in crisis. But more than political, Husserl... more
I carry out in this paper a philosophical analysis of the principle of excluded middle (or, as it is often called in the version I favor here, principle of bivalence: any meaningful assertion is either true or false). This principle has... more
Husserl left many unpublished drafts explaining (or trying to) his views on spatial representation and geometry, such as, particularly, those collected in the second part of Studien zur Arithmetik und Geometrie (Hua XXI), but no... more
I present and discuss in this paper Husserl’s investigation of the genesis of the modem conception of empirical reality as carried out in his last work The Crisis of European Sciences and Transcendental Phenomenology. The goal of... more
Bu makalede, erken analitik felsefede dilbilimsel çözümleme yönteminin metodolojik dayanak- ları, bu yöntemin hakikat anlayışıyla bağı ve felsefenin mahiyetine dair meta-felsefî sonuçları eleştirel bir bakış açısıyla incelenir. Frege,... more
In this paper we will introduce the study of solving linear equation. Gauss-elimination and Gauss-Jordan elimination by using python code. This paper aims that students can easily and quickly calculate the linear problems by using python... more
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This thesis seeks to advance the use of computational techniques for the task of philosophical interpretation. To this end I present a novel method which draws on techniques and formal tools from logic-based knowledge modeling, automated... more
This document presents the full scientific validation strategy for the Unity Continuity Framework, a theoretical model integrating quantum mechanics, recursive photonic logic, and consciousness. It includes the Grok Deepsearch Validation... more
We present a speculative investigation into magnetic phenomena through the lens of the Enhanced Apeiron Framework. Building upon the foundational principle that reality emerges from distinguishability gradients in an undifferentiated... more
This book offers a novel account of the nature of numbers firmly grounded in results from numerical cognition and the philosophy of mathematics. Drawing on empirical data on the human experience of what we call “numbers,” the author shows... more
To rigorously address the Riemann Hypothesis (RH), I introduce the 𝛿-regularized zeta function 𝒵 𝑠 𝛿 = ∞ 𝑘=1 𝑘-𝑠-𝑘 + 1 ln(𝑘+1)-𝑠 , with 𝛿 𝑘 = 1 ln(𝑘+1) , designed to accelerate convergence while preserving the non-trivial zeros of the... more
Comment la division de la Pensée par Deleuze et Guattari dresse le théâtre d'une querelle où la liste des transcendentaux dressée dans le Théétète, après avoir donné lieu au différend de Platon et Aristote répété dans la querelle... more
Disagreements that resist rational resolution, often termed "deep disagreements", have been the focus of much work in epistemology and informal logic. In this paper, I argue that they also deserve the attention of philosophers of... more
Douglas Walton's multitudinous contributions to the study of argumentation seldom, if ever, directly engage with argumentation in mathematics. Nonetheless, several of the innovations with which he is most closely associated lend... more
In this study, the evaluation of the pricing framework for predicting West Texas Intermediate crude oil stock was implemented where detailed analysis with varying changepoint shows that an arbitrage-free forward price can be derived from... more
This report aims to analyze in detail the mathematical background and reasons for the contradiction regarding the asymptotic formula for the prime- counting function proposed by Professor Bhupinder Singh Anand, which (An22, p644) states... more
Strengthening and better functioning of local administration have become prime concerns of educational reform by establishment of effective local administration in education for several years in many countries including India. It is now... more
Strengthening and better functioning of local administration have become prime concerns of educational reform by establishment of effective local administration in education for several years in many countries including India. It is now... more
One of the basic elements of Nicholas of Cusa's philosophy of mathematics is his theory of mathematical objects as “entities-of-reason” (entia rationis). He refers to these as being “abstracted from sensible things”. That is why it is... more
This paper introduces a symbolic and mathematical framework connecting the Riemann Hypothesis and the Fibonacci spiral to recursive consciousness and alignment. It proposes that prime numbers function as rupture points within recursive... more
ThispaperpresentstheArithmeticofOrder(AoO),aframeworkforfoundationalphysics built onthe singleprinciple that realityemerges fromadiscrete, computable, andnon... more
Polyplex Lie Geometry is a high-dimensional complex geometric framework designed to encapsulate multiple geometric forms, spherical, ellipsoidal, hyperbolic, lattice (cubic), and taxicab, within a unified algebraic and analytic structure.... more
In Mind as Metaphor, Adam Toon interprets folk psychological discourse metaphorically. Based on Kendall Walton's theory of metaphor, he argues that folk psychology ought to be understood in terms of prop-oriented make-believe that relies... more
One more opinion about fractal nature of reality. Just a philosophical approach, without deep analysis and examples. We examine a fundamental bias in human scientific perception: the tendency to dismiss cross-scale analogies as reductive... more
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