Dividing Reason: Mathematics and Spirit in the World of Augustus and Sophia De Morgan

分裂的原因：奥古斯都和索菲亚·德·摩根世界中的数学与精神

• 批准号: 0114474
• 负责人: Joan Richards
• 金额: $ 1.5万
• 依托单位: Brown University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2001
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2001-08-15 至 2003-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0114474&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Dividing; Reason; Mathematics; Spirit; World

ABSTRACTSES 0114474Joan Richards, Brown UniversityDividing Reason: Mathematics and Spirit in the World of Augustus and Sophia De MorganThe principal investigator is preparing a paired intellectual biography of the early Victorian couple, Augustus and Sophia De Morgan. An in-depth study that links the lives of Augustus and Sophia De Morgan will contribute to our understanding of the historical roots of modern secular society. Augustus taught mathematics at the secular University College in London; all of his prolific writings on mathematics and logic were motivated by his desire to establish a public world of reason that would transcend religious difference. The approach to truth that Sophia drew out of her experiences producing and raising their seven children was very different from those Augustus developed in his University classes. Whereas Augustus tried to capture truth through a purifying rational program, Sophia found it in empathetic listening. The contrast between the views of this husband and wife team reflects the deep structure of a secular world that mandated a strict separation between the private and public spheres; revisiting that world promises to shed light on the epistemological implications of the sharp distinctions between public and private on which many modern secular societies are built. NSF support supplements a Guggenheim Fellowship, and covers research travel in England. The investigator will examine materials in London, Oxford and Cambridge to supplement an already substantial knowledge of Augustus's work with research into Sophia. Outcomes include a scholarly monograph and presentations to the History of Science Society.

琼理查兹，布朗大学分裂的原因：奥古斯都和索菲娅·德·摩根世界中的数学和精神主要研究者正在准备一本关于早期维多利亚夫妇奥古斯都和索菲娅·德·摩根的成对的智力传记。 对奥古斯都和索菲娅·德摩根生活的深入研究将有助于我们理解现代世俗社会的历史根源。奥古斯都在伦敦的世俗大学教授数学;他所有关于数学和逻辑的多产著作都是出于他建立一个超越宗教差异的公共理性世界的愿望。索菲娅从她生产和抚养七个孩子的经历中得出的真理方法与奥古斯都在大学课堂上开发的真理方法非常不同。奥古斯都试图通过净化理性的程序来捕捉真理，而索菲娅则在移情倾听中找到了真理。这对夫妻观点的对比反映了一个世俗世界的深层结构，这个世界要求私人领域和公共领域严格分离;重新审视这个世界有望揭示公共领域和私人领域之间的尖锐区别的认识论含义，而许多现代世俗社会正是建立在这种区别之上的。NSF的支持补充了古根海姆奖学金，并涵盖了在英国的研究旅行。 调查人员将检查材料在伦敦，牛津和剑桥补充已经大量的知识奥古斯都的工作与研究索菲亚。 成果包括一个学术专著和介绍科学社会的历史。