Philosophy of mathematics and mathematical practice in the seventeenth century / Paolo Mancosu.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mancosu, Paolo, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mathematics--Europe--Philosophy--History--17th century.

Mathematics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (286 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The 17th century saw a dramatic development in mathematical theory and practice. This is an account of the foundational issues raised in the relationship between mathematical advances of the period and the philosophy of mathematics.

Contents:

Contents; 1. Philosophy of Mathematics and Mathematical Practice in the Early Seventeenth Century; 2. Cavalieri's Geometry of Indivisibles and Guldin's Centers of Gravity; 3. Descartes' Géométrie; 4. The Problem of Continuity; 5. Paradoxes of the Infinite; 6. Leibniz's Differential Calculus and Its Opponents; Appendix: Giuseppe Biancani's De Mathematicarum Natura; Notes; References; Index

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 1996.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-265) and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-773131-7

1-280-44366-9

0-19-535915-1

9786610443666

1-4294-1545-2

OCLC:

476010903