PHIL 359Philosophy of the Formal Sciences

Faculty: Arts
Credit: 0.5
Last listed: 1994–95

No longer offered. It’s in Waterloo’s scanned calendars from 1969–70 to 1994–95; the 1995–96 to 2023–24 calendars are on ucalendar.

A study of philosophical problems concerning mathematics. Topics discussed include formalism, intuitionism, logicism, the mathematical paradoxes, and other topics in foundations and metamathematics.

As printed in the 1969–70 to 1994–95 calendars, read by OCR; the scanned page is the original. Later calendars (1995–96 on) aren’t on uwloo.

Requirements, as last listed

Prereq: At least second-year standing or consent of instructor

Discussed on r/uwaterloo

4 posts and comments in 3 threads mention PHIL 359, September 2014 to December 2024. Quoted word for word, newest first; each reply sits under the post and the comment that started its branch. Search r/uwaterloo for newer posts.

Spring 2015

Jul 2, 2015 Course outline for PHIL216 or PHIL359? 0 points, 1 comment

u/boolgogi: “Where can I find these? Thanks”

u/SidusKnight: “I don't think PHIL359 is offered often (or even at all) anymore. I remember looking into a while ago and couldn't really find anything about it.”

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Fall 2014

Sep 16, 2014 PHIL 359 2 points, 0 comments

u/SidusKnight: “Anyone know when it's offered next? It sounds cool but hasn't been offered recently, and doesn't seem to be offered this or next semester even. (I was just looking through http://www.adm.uwaterloo.ca/infocour/CIR/SA/under.html, my mistake if there's a better way to find out).”

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Sep 16, 2014 PHIL 359 1 point, 0 comments

[deleted]: “Anyone know when it's offered next? It sounds cool but hasn't been offered recently, and doesn't seem to be offered this or next semester even. (I was just looking through http://www.adm.uwaterloo.ca/infocour/CIR/SA/under.html, my mistake if there's a better way to find out).”

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Check it elsewhere

Undergraduate Calendar, 1995–96If it ran past 1994–95, on ucalendar
Course outlinesSyllabi from past terms (UW login)
UW FlowStudent ratings and reviews
WClassesPast sections back to 2004, and who taught them

In the scanned calendars

How it read in each calendar from 1969–70 to 1994–95, newest first. The text is OCR of the scanned pages; years whose wording matches are shown once, from the clearest scan. Each year links to its page on uwloo and to that page of the scanned PDF.

1969–70 to 1994–95 26 calendars

A study of philosophical problems concerning mathematics. Topics discussed include formalism, intuitionism, logicism, the mathematical paradoxes, and other topics in foundations and metamathematics.

Prereq: At least second-year standing or consent of instructor

3 class hours a week · 0.5 credit