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Jim Henle

James Henle teaches Mathematics at Smith College. He earned his Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Professor Henle's fields of interest include: set theory, logic, nonstandard analysis, mathematics education, philosophy of mathematics, music and food. Henle was a Peace Corps volunteer in the Philippines and has made research trips to England and Venezuela. His current research takes him to to flashing lights, sticky bounces, historic camera angles, economic inequality and tiling planes with squares. Henle is the author of An Outline of Set Theory and the co–author of Infinitesimal Calculus (with E. M. Kleinberg), Sweet Reason (with the late Tom Tymoczko) and Calculus: The Language of Change (with David Cohen).

Instant Replay for Presidential Debates: A Logical Move

Jim Henle

Politics & Economics

Advocacy and debate are healthy dynamics of democracy. We need argument, but argument as practiced in our public forums is often dangerously irrational. Watching the presidential debates, I’ve come to the...