The Shaping of Deduction in Greek Mathematics: A Study in Cognitive History (Ideas in Context)
Reviel Netz
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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Année:
1999
Editeur::
Cambridge University Press
Langue:
english
Pages:
350
ISBN 10:
0521622794
ISBN 13:
9780521622790
Fichier:
PDF, 1.19 MB
IPFS:
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english, 1999