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WHEATON COLLEGE (1977)

INTRODUCTION, page 1

  • "The Historical Shaping of the Foundations of Mathematics"
    Robert Brabenec, Wheaton College, page 3

SESSION 1: TWENTIETH CENTURY ISSUES

  • "Recent Problems in the Foundations of Mathematics"
    Terence H. Perciante, Wheaton College, page 15
  • "Recent Parallels Between the Philosophy of Science and Mathematics"
    Joseph Spradley, Wheaton College, page 27
  • "Wanted: Christian Perspectives in the Philosophy of Mathematics"
    Arthur F. Holmes, Wheaton College, page 39

SESSION 2: THE NATURE OF MATHEMATICAL TRUTH

  • "Of Men, Models, and Mathematics"
    Charles Hatfield, University of Missouri at Rolla, page 49
  • "Formalizing the Liar Paradox"
    Frank Meyer, Bethel College, St. Paul, Minnesota, page 63
     
  • "Skolem's Paradox and the Predestination/Free-Will Discussion"
    Gene B. Chase, Messiah College, page 75

SESSION 3: THE EXISTENCE OF MATHEMATICAL OBJECTS

  • "Epistemology to Ontology"
    Charles R. Hampton, The College of Wooster, page 83
  • "Existence in Mathematics"
    Willis Alberda, Dordt College, page 89
  • "A Brief Introduction to Godel's Theorems"
    Michael Detlefsen, University of Minnesota--Duluth, page 95
  • "Current Work on Mathematical Truth"
    Michael Detlefsen, University of Minnesota--Duluth, page 109

SESSION 4: THE CONCEPT OF THE INFINITE

  • "God: All Sufficient or Infinite"
    Thomas E. Iverson, Central College, page 121
  • "Infinity & Reality"
    John W. Warner, The College of Wooster 127

SESSION 5: APPLICATION TO TEACHING

  • "Getting Their Interest--Initiating Students Into The Study of Foundational Issues in Mathematics"
    Harold Heie, Gordon College, page 141
  • "The Foundations of Mathematics and the Mathematics Curriculum"
    Bayard Baylis, The King's College, page 151
  • "A Christian Point of View"
    A. Wayne Roberts, Macalester College, page 161

VITA OF SPEAKERS, page 169
DIRECTORY OF INTERESTED INDIVIDUALS, page 173

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