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Analysis and Synthesis in Mathematics
. Ed(S): Panza, Marco; Otte, M. (Institute For Didactics Of Mathematics, University Of Bielefeld, Germany)
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paperback. Discusses the main interpretations of the classical distinction between analysis and synthesis with respect to mathematics. This work discusses this aspect from a historical point of view, by considering different examples from the history of mathematics. Then, the question is considered from a philosophical point of view. Editor(s): Panza, Marco; Otte, M. (Institute for Didactics of Mathematics, University of Bielefeld, Germany). Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 463 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 651.
Time and again, philosophy, in trying to untangle the issues surrounding the an alytic-synthetic distinction, has doubted that such a distinction can significantly be drawn at all. We think, in face of the varied and age-old discussions on it, that such reflections amount only to one more documentation of the tenacity of the problems behind this distinction. We could even be justified in promoting the thesis that this distinction refers to the complex relationship between the universe of meanings and the universe of objects and thus concerns each domain of human thinking where a form of objectivity is pursued. If ... Read more
Time and again, philosophy, in trying to untangle the issues surrounding the an alytic-synthetic distinction, has doubted that such a distinction can significantly be drawn at all. We think, in face of the varied and age-old discussions on it, that such reflections amount only to one more documentation of the tenacity of the problems behind this distinction. We could even be justified in promoting the thesis that this distinction refers to the complex relationship between the universe of meanings and the universe of objects and thus concerns each domain of human thinking where a form of objectivity is pursued. If ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
463
Condition
New
Series
Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science
Number of Pages
450
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781402002557
SKU
V9781402002557
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Reviews for Analysis and Synthesis in Mathematics
`... is to be recommended to anyone interested in the history and philosophy of mathematics... historians of modern mathematics and even historians of modern science in general will greatly enjoy some of the excellent articles in its historial section.' ISIS, 91:1 (2000)