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Philosophy of mathematics

The title page of a book about the philosophy of mathematics by Sir Isaac Newton, in Latin.

The title page of a book about the philosophy of mathematics by Sir Isaac Newton, in French.

The title page of a book about the philosophy of mathematics by Sir Isaac Newton, in German.

Philosophy of mathematics is the study of mathematics. The aim of the philosophy of mathematics is to understand the nature of mathematics and how people use math in their lives.

History

There is debate about the origin of mathematics. Many philosophers wrote about mathematics.

Introduction to Mathematical Philosophy by Bertrand Russell ... (see: en:w:Introduction to Mathematical Philosophy)

Articles I'm referencing

• en:w:Philosophy of mathematics
• en:w:Foundations of mathematics
• en:w:Introduction to Mathematical Philosophy
• en:w:Principia Mathematica
• en:w:Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica
• Ancient philosophy
• Pre-Socratic philosophy
• Category:Philosophy

References

• The University of London's Department of Philosophy's "London Philosophy Study Guide": http://www.ucl.ac.uk/philosophy/LPSG/PhilMath.htm > http://www.ucl.ac.uk/philosophy/LPSG/Ch22.pdf
• The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy: The Applicability of Mathematics: http://www.iep.utm.edu/math-app/ from the Category Archives: Philosophy of Mathematics: http://www.iep.utm.edu/category/s-l-m/math/
• The Encyclopedia of Mathematics: https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/index.php/Main_Page

Related pages

• Mathematician
• Mathematics
• History of mathematics
• History of philosophy
• Logic

Related works

• Euclid's Elements
• Introduction to Mathematical Philosophy
• Principia Mathematica
• Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica

Other websites

• Philosophy of Mathematics at at the Open Directory Project
• Philosophy of mathematics at PhilPapers

Notes

Category:Philosophy

This article appears on the list Wikipedia:List of articles all languages should have/Expanded in the Philosophy and religion section.

10wikiweeks

I began this article at the beginning of this month while I was in Bulgaria, visiting a colleague who is a mathematician. She is also, coincidentally, the creator of the 100wikidays challenge. And she has long encouraged me to return to article writing. I chose this topic after much deliberation about what to write next. In the beginning, I thought it best to focus on the article topics of the highest need. So I worked on redlinks on the Basic English combined wordlist (BE 1500). But, to be honest, I lost interest in it. It was challenging, but uninspiring. This article appears on the list Wikipedia:List of articles all languages should have/Expanded in the Philosophy and religion section. So it fills a need for sure. That said, a philosophy article was no less challenging than a basic word list topic -- much more so, in fact! Case in point: the word 'science' is on , but the words 'philosophy' and 'mathematics' are not. Needless to say, I quickly realized that I was probably in over my head. My attempt to get my mind around the concept led me down a rabbit hole of browser tabs, from to Sir Isaac Newton himself. This stuff is dense. Nevertheless, I believe the attempt was worthwhile and the result is decent. Yet still, this question remains: what should I write about next?? I madly envy my fellow Wikipedians who are fluent in other languages and able to translate articles so seemingly effortlessly. Though, in a sense, that's what writing in Simple English is, too. And it's not easy at all! Though, now it's less a worry about how and more a matter of what and how well. It feels like what I write about should next be significant, important, even epic. And I'm always aiming for a good article and a very good article. No pressure. I wish I knew what content would help the most. Alas, the answer escapes me. Which means I'm not contributing as much as I could be. And I think that's unfortunate. Msannakoval (talk) 16:32, 23 September 2015 (UTC)

Week #8

Amador County
County
Location within the U.S. state of California
California's location within the U.S.
Country	United States
State	California
Founded	1854
Seat	Jackson
Area
• Total	606 sq mi (1,570 km2)
• Land	595 sq mi (1,540 km2)
• Water	11 sq mi (30 km2)
Population  (2010)
• Total	38,901
• Density	160/sq mi (63/km2)
Website	www.co.amador.ca.us

Amador County is a county in the U.S. state of California. It is located in the Sierra Nevada. Amador County is surrounded by 5 counties: Calaveras County to the south, San Joaquin County to the south west, Sacramento County to the west, El Dorado County to the north, and Alpine County to the east. The county seat is in Jackson.

The U.S. Census Bureau estimates that the population was 36,742 in 2014.

Cities

Some of the cities in Amador County include:

• Amador City
• Jackson (county seat)
• Sutter Creek

10wikiweeks

| 008 || 11-??-2015 || Amador County, California || previously redlinked at List of counties in California || en:w:Amador County, California || d:Q156177 || ????

| 007 || 10-10-2015 || Lake County, California || previously redlinked at List of counties in California || en:w:Lake County, California || d: Q156361 || 3769

An offline editing meetup today brought back to this challenge. I've pledged to my wiki mentor that I will complete my 10 articles during this calendar year. At the rate that I'm going, time is quickly running out. So, here comes the next one. Another county. Amador. Because I like it. But first, fixed a discrepancy between simple:w:List of counties in California and and en:w:Amador County, California per the reference in the notes section on the list pages.