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Nominalism and Constructivism in Seventeenth-Century Mathematical Philosophy

By David Sepkoski

Book information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2007
ISBN
0415702119, 9780415702119
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
6 MB (6792114 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
180\185
Time added
2023-04-16 18:22:18

Description

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.

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