An article that claims that researchers have not proven that SARS-CoV-2 causes COVID-19 uses outdated criteria and presents incomplete facts to make its arguments. The article focuses on how ...

Geometry boasts a rich and captivating history within the realm of mathematics. In its early development, it was deeply rooted in practical observation used to describe essential concepts such as ...

Schoolchildren now study Euclidean geometry, all thanks to Greek mathematician Euclid who was born in approx. 300 BC. His main work is “The Elements,” in which he described the five main postulates of ...

THE title of this essay suggests a number of distinct problems. We may ask what the postulates of geometry are, or we may seek the source of our knowledge of them; in the latter inquiry, again, we may ...

In mathematics, truth is less important than the proof of that truth. And the standard of proof is far more punishing than legal requirements such as “preponderance of evidence” or “beyond a ...

From 1914 on Russell's epistemology was dominated by the attempt to show how we come by our knowledge of the external world. As he gradually became aware of the inadequacies of the "pure empiricist" ...