ISBN:
9789401712255
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (XIV, 496 p)
,
digital
Edition:
Springer eBook Collection. Humanities, Social Sciences and Law
Series Statement:
Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science 237
Series Statement:
Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science 237
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
Keywords:
Philosophy (General)
;
Science Philosophy
;
Philosophy.
;
Philosophy and science.
;
Mathematics
;
History
;
Philosophy—History.
;
Science—Philosophy.
Abstract:
Covering both the history of mathematics and of philosophy, Descartes's Mathematical Thought reconstructs the intellectual career of Descartes most comprehensively and originally in a global perspective including the history of early modern China and Japan. Especially, it shows what the concept of "mathesis universalis" meant before and during the period of Descartes and how it influenced the young Descartes. In fact, it was the most fundamental mathematical discipline during the seventeenth century, and for Descartes a key notion which may have led to his novel mathematics of algebraic analysis
DOI:
10.1007/978-94-017-1225-5
URL:
Volltext
(lizenzpflichtig)
Permalink
