Philosophy of mathematics and mathematical practice in the seventeenth century
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
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1 online resource (viii, 275 pages) : illustrations
9781280443664, 9780195359152, 9786610443666, 9781429415453, 1280443669, 0195359151, 6610443661, 1429415452
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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
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