Shaping of Deduction in Greek Mathematics - A Study in Cognitive History

Klappentext This book provides a way to understand a momentous development in human intellectual history: the phenomenon of deductive argument in classical Greek mathematics. The argument rests on a close description of the practices of Greek mathematics! principally the use of lettered diagrams and the regulated! formulaic use of language. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: a specimen of Greek mathematics; 1. The lettered diagram; 2. The pragmatics of letters; 3. The mathematical lexicon; 4. Formulae; 5. The shaping of necessity; 6. The shaping of generality; 7. The historical setting; Appendix: the main Greek mathematicians cited in the book.

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• Authors: Reviel Netz, Reviel (Stanford University Netz
• Assisted by: Quentin Skinner (Editor), James Tully (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 11.03.1999
• EAN: 9780521622790
• ISBN: 978-0-521-62279-0
• No. of pages: 352
• Series: Ideas in Context; Ideas in Context
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Mathematics > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day