Berkeley's Philosophy of Mathematics

In this first modern, critical assessment of the place of mathematics in Berkeley's philosophy and Berkeley's place in the history of mathematics, Douglas M. Jesseph provides a bold reinterpretation of Berkeley's work. Jesseph challenges the prevailing view that Berkeley's mathematical writings are peripheral to his philosophy and argues that mathematics is in fact central to his thought, developing out of his critique of abstraction. Jesseph's argument situates Berkeley's ideas within the larger historical and intellectual context of the Scientific Revolution.

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• Authors: Douglas M. Jesseph
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.09.1993
• EAN: 9780226398983
• ISBN: 978-0-226-39898-3
• No. of pages: 329
• Dimensions: 17 mm x 23 mm x 2 mm
• Weight: 510 g
• Series: Science & Its Conceptual Foundations S.; Science & Its Conceptual Found; Science & Its Conceptual Foundations S.; Science & its Conceptual Foundations Series SCF (CHUP); Science & its Conceptual Foundations Series SCF; Science and Its Conceptual Foundations series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Mathematics > General, dictionaries