After Euclid - Visual Reasoning & The Epistemology Of Diagrams

What does it mean to have visual intuition? Can we gain geometrical knowledge by using visual reasoning? And if we can, is it because we have a faculty of intuition? In" After Euclid," Jesse Norman reexamines the ancient and long-disregarded concept of visual reasoning and reasserts its potential as a formidable tool in our ability to grasp various kinds of geometrical knowledge. The first detailed philosophical case study of its kind, this text is essential reading for scholars in the fields of mathematics and philosophy.

About the author

Jesse Norman is honorary research fellow in philosophy at University College London.

Product details

• Authors: Jesse Norman
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.06.2006
• EAN: 9781575865096
• ISBN: 978-1-57586-509-6
• No. of pages: 176
• Dimensions: 165 mm x 235 mm x 19 mm
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Mathematics