Math 218M: Non-binary Thinking in Mathematics (Fall 2024)
- See here for the syllabus.
Announcements
(Nothing yet!)
Technical material
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(Week 8 and 9) Boolean Logic
Due Fri 11/1: Exercises 1–21.
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(Week 10 and 11) Fuzzy Logic
Due Fri 11/8: forthcoming.
Due Fri 11/15: forthcoming.
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(Week 12 and 13) Intuitionist Logic
Due Fri 11/22: forthcoming.
Due Fri 12/6: forthcoming.
Reading assignments
Each week you will read a selection from a paper and respond to some short prompt questions. You will submit your responses the following Monday, and we will have a class discussion where we talk about the reading together. You must keep up with the readings; the discussion sessions cannot happen if you do not.
PDFs of the readings can be found on the google drive for the course.
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(Discussion 10/28) Plumwood 1, [response prompts]
Val Plumwood, “The politics of reason: towards a feminist logic” (1993). Sections I–III (pages 436–445).
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(Discussion 11/4) Daly, [response prompts]
Helen L. Daly, “Modelling sex/gender” (2017). Pages 79–90.
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(Discussion 11/11) Plumwood 2, [response prompts]
Val Plumwood, “The politics of reason: towards a feminist logic” (1993). Sections V–VII (pages 453–459).
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(Discussion 11/18) Haack, [response prompts]
Susan Haack, “Chapter 5: Intuitionism”, in Deviant Logic: Some Philosophical Issues (1974). Sections 1–4 (pages 91–103).
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(Discussion 12/2) Term paper, [response prompts]
Selections from the extended reading.
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(Discussion 12/9) Nye, [response prompts]
Andrea Nye, “Conclusion: Words of power and the power of words”, in Words of Power: A Feminist Reading of the History of Logic (1990). Pages 173–185.
Schedule and important dates
This is a seven week half-semester course, beginning on week 8 of the semester. Mondays will be used for discussion sessions, and Wednesdays and Fridays will be used to study technical material.
Week | Monday | Wednesday | Friday |
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8 | Introduction | Boolean | Logic |
9 | Plumwood 1 Discussion | Boolean | Logic |
10 | Daly Discussion | Fuzzy | Logic |
11 | Plumwood 2 Discussion | Fuzzy | Logic |
12 | Haack Discussion | Intuitionistic | Logic |
13 | Term Paper Discussion | Intuitionistic | Logic |
14 | Nye discussion | Wrap up | No class |
Important dates:
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Mon 10/28: Plumwood 1 discussion, response prompts due.
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Fri 11/1: Problem set 1 due.
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Mon 11/4: Daly discussion, response prompts due.
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Fri 11/8: Problem set 2 due.
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Mon 11/11: Plumwood 2 discussion, response prompts due.
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Fri 11/15: Problem set 3 due.
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Mon 11/18: Haack discussion, response prompts due, start term paper.
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Fri 11/22: Problem set 4 due.
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Mon 12/2: Term paper discussion, response prompts due.
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Fri 12/6: Problem set 5 due, first draft of term paper due.
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Mon 12/9: Nye discussion, response prompts due.
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Fri 12/13: No class.
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Mon 12/16: Final draft of term paper due.