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The Continuous, the Discrete and the Infinitesimal in Philosophy and Mathematics

By John L. Bell

Book information

Publisher
Springer Nature Switzerland
Year
2019
ISBN
9783030187064, 3030187063
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
5 MB (5178670 bytes)
Series
The Western Ontario Series in Philosophy of Science 82
Pages
xvii+313\320
Time added
2019-09-14 06:15:17

Description

This book explores and articulates the concepts of the continuous and the infinitesimal from two points of view: the philosophical and the mathematical. The first section covers the history of these ideas in philosophy. Chapter one, entitled ‘The continuous and the discrete in Ancient Greece, the Orient and the European Middle Ages,’ reviews the work of Plato, Aristotle, Epicurus, and other Ancient Greeks; the elements of early Chinese, Indian and Islamic thought; and early Europeans including Henry of Harclay, Nicholas of Autrecourt, Duns Scotus, William of Ockham, Thomas Bradwardine and Nicolas Oreme.

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