Joel David Hamkins: Philosophy of Mathematics and Truth

Paradigm

Aug 17, 2023•1 hr 28 min

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Episode description

Joel David Hamkins is a renowned mathematician and philosopher whose work covers logic, computability, game theory, the philosophy of infinity, and more. He’s also the top rated user by reputation on the MathOverflow network.

Find episode details, video and more at: https://www.matthewgeleta.com/

Topics:

* the concept of truth in maths and elsewhere

* the nature of proof in mathematics

* the acclaimed completeness and incompleteness theorems

* the relationship between mathematical thinking and the human mind ...

and other topics

Joel's links:

* Substack: https://www.infinitelymore.xyz/

* Book of infinity: https://www.infinitelymore.xyz/s/the-book-of-infinity

* Panorama of logic: https://www.infinitelymore.xyz/s/panorama-of-logic

* Other books: https://www.infinitelymore.xyz/p/books