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THE SHAPING OF DEDUCTION IN GREEK MATHEMATICS A Study in Cognitive History

By Reviel Netz

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2003
ISBN
9780521541206, 0521541204
Open Library ID
OL7745495M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1318227 bytes)
Series
Ideas in Context
Pages
350\350
Topic
History
Library
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Time added
2009-10-26 15:40:52

Description

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.

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