The arts
The concept used to describe the notion that art is measurable and may be defined
What is essentialism
The concept used to decribe a mathematical "truth"
What is validity
The type of logical step applied by math which is not induction
What is deduction
The Greek philosopher who used a cave analogy to describe the human epistemological predicament
Who is Plato
Three commen criteria for defining art. (Name at least one)
What is intention, quality and reception
The concept describing the notion that math exists and is discovered by people
What is realism
The adjective applied to math (and other sciences) when it is concerned with internal mathematical problems and not with application
What is pure math
The name of the French philosopher who claimed to have found proof of the existence of reality through his argument: "cogito ergo sum"
Who is Rene Descartes
The view stating that art must seek to depict reality as closely as possible
What is mimesis
The concept used to describe the notion that math is a human invention
What is constructivism
The concept used to describe "truths" that are self-evident
What is an axiom
The name of the Scottish philospher who was a sceptic and contended that math, like everything else, is a human invention
Who is David Hume
what is aesthetics
the name of the ancient geometry which was challenged by modern three-dimensional geometry
What is Euclidean geometry
The concept used to describe what may be derived from an axiom
What is a theorem
The name of the British mathematician who wrote "A Mathematician's Apology" and contended that math exists and is discovered by humans
Who is G.H. Hardy
The concept used to describe the notion that an analysis of art is must acknowledge the unique nature of every work of art
What is iconography
The model proposing that the physical sciences all enter a pattern of applying each other and ultimately all owing their science to math
The scientific hierachy
The method of indirect proof in which the opposite solution is tested
What is proof by contradiction
The name of the German mathematician from the 19th century who proposed that math is a human invention
Who is Leopold Kronecker