The shaping of deduction in Greek mathematics: a study in cognitive history
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Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 1999
Schriftenreihe:Ideas in context 51
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (pages 316-322) and index
Preliminaries; Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; The Greek alphabet; Note on the figures; Introduction; A specimen of Greek mathematics; CHAPTER 1 The lettered diagram; CHAPTER 2 The pragmatics of letters; CHAPTER 3 The mathematical lexicon; CHAPTER 4 Formulae; CHAPTER 5 The shaping of necessity; CHAPTER 6 The shaping of generality; CHAPTER 7 The historical setting; APPENDIX The main Greek mathematicians cited in the book; Bibliography; Index; Ideas in Context
This book provides a way into understanding a momentous development in human intellectual history: the phenomenon of deductive argument in classical Greek mathematics. The argument rests upon a close description of the practices of Greek mathematics, principally the use of lettered diagrams and the regulated, formulaic use of language
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (xvii, 327 pages)
ISBN:051101743X
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