How can we tell good from evil? Is there a way that we should lead our lives? Such inquiries are typically the realm of philosophers, but Steven Landsburg argues that math, economics, and physics can ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Journal Information Synthese spans the topics of Epistemology, Methodology and Philosophy of Science. Coverage includes the theory of knowledge; ...

SCREF copy Purchased with Adopt-a-Book funds. The Greco-Roman mathematician Claudius Ptolemy is one of the most significant figures in the history of science. He is remembered today for his astronomy, ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Alan Saunders: This week on The Philosopher's Zone, we're counting. We're counting lots of things, and ...

It’s an accomplishment to graduate from a STEM program with a co-authorship of a paper published in a peer-reviewed journal. It’s an even greater accomplishment to be the first author on the paper.

You have /5 articles left. Sign up for a free account or log in. Leaders at Ohio’s Hiram College are proposing a sweeping redesign of the liberal arts college, with ...

Two and a half years ago, shortly after turning 18, Olivia Ding packed two suitcases and took a 12-hour plane ride to a new life. “I grew up in China,” said Ding, a member of William & Mary’s Class of ...

While it’s not unusual for comics to take on any subject, a new book coming from Bloomsbury in the fall will up the ante for using the comics medium to present a serious and complex subject in a ...

Despite Mexico having gained a reputation abroad as a land of talented software developers, with a higher-than-global-average number of programmers graduating annually, and which has resulted in the ...

To give a rational reconstruction and critical evaluation of the traditional account of mathematical knowledge inspired by Euclid’s Elements. All of us have mathematical knowledge, but it seems to ...