‘To what extent is truth eternal?’ is a knowledge issue that could be supported by evidence and simultaneously discarded by counterclaims. Although ‘That which is accepted as knowledge today is sometimes discarded tomorrow’ is true to a certain extent, a multitude of examples from different areas of knowledge, including the Natural Sciences, the Human Sciences (as exemplified by Philosophy), and the Arts (as exemplified by Literature) form strong counterclaims that suggest the otherwise...

Jane Austen as a Game Theorist: Reconsidering Pride and Prejudice

Jane Austen’s characters may first conjure up images of joyous young ladies and gentlemen in a countra-dance ballroom. Whilst this was my original impression shaped by fictions including Pride and Prejudice, I soon became further intrigued by the potential for interdisciplinary learning. This Exploration Project marries my passions for Literature and Mathematics, and triggers my interest in using statistics to solve real-l...

Position maps of Marketing, also known as gap maps or perception maps, and the idea of positioning in general, could be regarded as metaphors in several ways. 

First of all, whichever approach is used to create maps may cannot be 100% accurate, valid, relevant, or precise. The human perception of the world is dominated by knowledge claims that are mostly assumptions. In reality, peeling the surface of an orange cannot result in a flat surface. Likewise, the Earth, as a globe, cannot be ac...