The Importance of Set Theory | Silvia Jonas

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Published on August 8, 2019 3:00:00 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9n3QsegLU3U

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Silvia Jonas analyses mathematical movements' perceptions of reality, and the foundational importance of set theory across mathematics.

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What does mathematics have to do with the nature of human thought? In what ways does it change how philosophers think of reality? Philosopher and author of 'Ineffability and its Metaphysics', Silvia Jonas explains how mathematics has come to shape our politics, ethics and our very ideas what the world is.

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Silvia Jonas: Minerva Fellow at the Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy, Silvia Jonas is in the Fast Track Program for outstanding female scientists by the Robert Bosch Foundation.

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