John Stillwell,
John (University of San Francisco) Stillwell
Cambridge University Press
e druk, 2019
9781108456234
A Concise History of Mathematics for Philosophers
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Paperback, 75 blz.
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Engels
Cambridge University Press |
2019
ISBN13: 9781108456234
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Onderdeel van serie
Elements in the Phil
Levertijd ongeveer 9 werkdagen
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Samenvatting
This Element aims to present an outline of mathematics and its history, with particular emphasis on events that shook up its philosophy. It ranges from the discovery of irrational numbers in ancient Greece to the nineteenth- and twentieth-century discoveries on the nature of infinity and proof. Recurring themes are intuition and logic, meaning and existence, and the discrete and the continuous. These themes have evolved under the influence of new mathematical discoveries and the story of their evolution is, to a large extent, the story of philosophy of mathematics.
Specificaties
ISBN13:9781108456234
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:Paperback
Aantal pagina's:75
Uitgever:Cambridge University Press
Serie:Elements in the Phil
Inhoudsopgave
Preface; 1. Irrational numbers and geometry; 2. Infinity in Greek mathematics; 3. Imaginary numbers; 4. Calculus and infinitesimals; 5. Continuous functions and real numbers; 6. From non-Euclidean geometry to arithmetic; 7. Set theory and its paradoxes; 8. Formal systems; 9. Unsolvability and incompleteness.