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The Growth of Mathematical Knowledge
. Ed(S): Grosholz, Emily R.; Breger, Herbert
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Paperback. Editor(s): Grosholz, Emily R.; Breger, Herbert. Series: Synthese Library. Num Pages: 416 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HB; HPL; PBC; PBX; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 657.
Mathematics has stood as a bridge between the Humanities and the Sciences since the days of classical antiquity. For Plato, mathematics was evidence of Being in the midst of Becoming, garden variety evidence apparent even to small children and the unphilosophical, and therefore of the highest educational significance. In the great central similes of The Republic it is the touchstone ofintelligibility for discourse, and in the Timaeus it provides in an oddly literal sense the framework of nature, insuring the intelligibility ofthe material world. For Descartes, mathematical ideas had a clarity and distinctness akin to the idea of God, as ... Read more
Mathematics has stood as a bridge between the Humanities and the Sciences since the days of classical antiquity. For Plato, mathematics was evidence of Being in the midst of Becoming, garden variety evidence apparent even to small children and the unphilosophical, and therefore of the highest educational significance. In the great central similes of The Republic it is the touchstone ofintelligibility for discourse, and in the Timaeus it provides in an oddly literal sense the framework of nature, insuring the intelligibility ofthe material world. For Descartes, mathematical ideas had a clarity and distinctness akin to the idea of God, as ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
Series
Synthese Library
Number of Pages
416
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789048153916
SKU
V9789048153916
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Reviews for The Growth of Mathematical Knowledge
`The print and paper are of highly quality. Overall it is a rich and thought-provoking contribution to a relatively undeveloped area of research. The philosophy of the growth of mathematical knowledge has few canonical texts as yet. This book may become one.' Philosophia Mathematica, 10:1 (2002)