Tag: Aristotle
-
Philosophy of Mathematics – Part 3: Discovered or Invented
In Part 1, we learned that the philosophy of mathematics is the branch of philosophy that relates to the foundation of mathematics. In Part 2, we learned that the philosophy of mathematics is also the branch of philosophy that deals with the nature of mathematics. Now in Part 3, we ponder whether mathematics is discovered…
-
Philosophy of Mathematics – Part 2: Nature
As I stated earlier in Part 1, the philosophy of mathematics is the branch of philosophy that relates to the foundation of mathematics, deals with the nature of mathematics, and ponders whether mathematics is discovered or invented. Part 2 focuses upon the nature of mathematics. The books Arithmetic by Paul Lockhart and Beautiful Math: The…
-
Epistemology – Part 2: Truth
As I stated earlier in Part 1, epistemology is the study of knowledge, or how we know what we know. Since the time of Plato and Aristotle, JTB (justified true belief) has been the standard understanding of knowledge. And even though JTB is not a sufficient condition for knowledge, JTB is a necessary condition for…
-
Philosophy of Art and Aesthetics
In his book Beauty: A Very Short Introduction, Roger Scruton notes at the beginning of the eighteenth century, the philosophy of art became aware of itself and named itself ‘aesthetics’ after the Greek term aisthesis for sensation. This was in keeping with a much older view that beauty is the object of a sensory delight…
-
Philosophers and Theologians
From the Greek philosopher Plato, we have the Platonist tradition. From the Greek philosopher Aristotle, we have the Aristotelian tradition. The Christian philosopher-theologian Augustine drew from the works of Plato and Neoplatonism when writing his own works like Confessions and City of God. On the other hand, the Christian philosopher-theologian Thomas Aquinas drew from the…