Mathematics and Beauty: An Attempt to Link the Cognitive and Philosophical-Spiritual Aspects of Beauty

ISBN-13: 9783631794883 / Niemiecki / Twarda / 2019 / 160 str.

Andrej Demuth; Slavka Demuthova; Adrian Slavkovsky

Opis

In this book the authors outline the views of a philosopher, a cognitive scientist, a psychologist, and a mathematician, and a theologian on the topic of the relationship between beauty and mathematics, its importance and what it reveals to us.

Spis treści

Let None but the Geometric Enter Here - Mathematics as Seeking Symmetry - Beauty as a Calculation - Philosophical Questions Associated With the Mathematics of Beauty - Biological Sources of Mathematical and Artistic Beauty - The Metaphysical Meaning of Beauty - Learning to Perceive - Fascinated by Ideas

O autorze

Andrej Démuth is a Professor of philosophy at the Comenius University in Bratislava.

Slávka Démuthová is an Associate Professor and the Head of the Department of Psychology at the Faculty of Arts, University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava.

Adrián Slavkovský is an Associate Professor at the Department of Philosophy at Trnava University.