A Concise History of Mathematics for Philosophers

A Concise History of Mathematics for Philosophers

by John Stillwell
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date: 30/06/2019

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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.

ISBN:
9781108693912
9781108693912
Category:
Philosophy of mathematics
Format:
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date:
30-06-2019
Language:
English
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press

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