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 ...

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, ...

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.

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; ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...