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Plato's heaven : a user's guide : a conversation with James Robert Brown / Open Agenda Publishing.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Ideas Roadshow
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Platonists.
- Mathematics--Philosophy.
- Mathematics.
- Genre:
- Streaming videos.
- Electronic books.
- Internet videos.
- Interviews (Sound recordings)
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 streaming video file (1 hr., 1 min.)
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- [Toronto, Ontario] : Open Agenda Publishing, [2013]
- Language Note:
- Closed captioned.
- System Details:
- digital
- streaming video file
- Summary:
- What do mathematicians actually do? Just move symbols around or search to uncover undying truths? Most mathematicians shy away from addresing the question, but James Robert Brown plunges straight in to describe his implacable Platonist beliefs.
- Contents:
- Definitions and Platons
- Appeals to authority, naturalism, and falling trees
- Glimpsing Plato's Heaven through thought experiments
- Even more we don't understand : the mind-body problem
- Philosophical schisms
- The personal Platonist
- Philosophy as a team sport.
- Participant:
- Host, Howard Burton.
- Credits:
- Producer, Howard Burton ; editor, Andrew Niblo ; music, Shafton Thomas.
- Notes:
- Includes MP3 podcast of conversation.
- OCLC:
- 892845781
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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