What was the basis for the adoption of mathematics as the primary mode of discourse for describing natural events by a large segment of the philosophical community in the seventeenth century? In answering this question, this book demonstrates that a significant group of philosophers shared the belief that there is no necessary correspondence between external reality and objects of human understanding, which they held to include the objects of mathematical and linguistic discourse. The result is a scholarly reliable, but accessible, account of the role of mathematics in the works of (amongst others) Galileo, Kepler, Descartes, Newton, Leibniz, and Berkeley. This impressive volume will benefit scholars interested in the history of philosophy, mathematical philosophy and the history of mathematics.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN-13
9780415542968
eBay Product ID (ePID)
114068817
Product Key Features
Author
David Sepkoski
Publication Name
Nominalism and Constructivism in Seventeenth-Century Mathematical Philosophy
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
Mathematics
Publication Year
2012
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
176 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
234mm
Item Width
156mm
Item Weight
272g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
David Sepkoski
Series Title
Routledge Studies in Seventeenth-Century Philosophy
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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