This time we continued Derek So’s discussion of phenomenology, its recent developments and relations to linear logic and embodied cognition.
Main Readings:
Additional Readings:
Zahavi, D. Husserl’s Phenomenology, Stanford Univ. Press, pp. 14-26.
A fragment on categorial intuition by Jan Gronwald.
In relation to the first chapter of “Mathematical Intuition” by Richard Tiszen, we discussed some notions of Husserl’s phenomenology that pertain to the categorial intuition.
Derek So introduced us to some basic concepts of Husserl’s phenomenology. We focused on intentionality, synthetic and eidetic intuition. Then briefly discussed the different conceptions of intuition in more contemporary phenomenology.
Main Readings:
Tieszen, R. Mathematical Intuition: Phenomenology and Mathematical Knowledge. Dodrecht-Boston-London: Kluwer Academic Publishers. SUBCHAPTER 2. OF CH. 2, “INTENTIONALITY AND INTUITION”, pp. 21-25.
We partially discussed the 1st chapter from “Mathematical Intuition” by Richard Tiszen.
Main Readings
Our third reading will be Richard Tieszen’s Richard’s Mathematics and Transcendental Phenomenology.
For this session we expect attendants to have read in advance the full second chapter from the book containing the essay; that is:
The text can be accessed freely by University of Amsterdam students through this link to the library catalogue. (Recently there have been problems when accessing online collections, so it might be necessary to open the link on an incognito tab).