The Philosophers and Mathematics
Festschrift for Roshdi Rashed
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Beschreibung
This book explores the unique relationship between two different approaches to understand the nature of knowledge, reality, and existence. It collects essays that examine the distinctive historical relationship between mathematics and philosophy. Readers learn what key philosophers throughout the ages thought about mathematics. This includes both thinkers who recognized the relevance of mathematics to their own work as well as those who chose to completely ignore its many achievements.
The essays offer insight into the role that mathematics played in the formation of each included philosopher’s doctrine as well as the impact its remarkable expansion had on the philosophical systems each erected. Conversely, the authors also highlight the ways that philosophy contributed to the growth and transformation of mathematics. Throughout, significant historical examples help to illustrate these points in a vivid way.
Mathematics has often been a favored interlocutor of philosophers and a major source of inspiration. This book is the outcome of an international conference held in honor of Roshdi Rashed, a renowned historian of mathematics. It provides researchers, students, and interested readers with remarkable insights into the history of an important relationship throughout the ages.
This book explores the unique relationship between two different approaches to understand the nature of knowledge, reality, and existence. It collects essays that examine the distinctive historical relationship between mathematics and philosophy. Readers learn what key philosophers throughout the ages thought about mathematics. This includes both thinkers who recognized the relevance of mathematics to their own work as well as those who chose to completely ignore its many achievements.
The essays offer insight into the role that mathematics played in the formation of each included philosopher’s doctrine as well as the impact its remarkable expansion had on the philosophical systems each erected. Conversely, the authors also highlight the ways that philosophy contributed to the growth and transformation of mathematics. Throughout, significant historical examples help to illustrate these points in a vivid way.
Mathematics has often been a favored interlocutor of philosophers and a major source of inspiration. This book is the outcome of an international conference held in honor of Roshdi Rashed, a renowned historian of mathematics. It provides researchers, students, and interested readers with remarkable insights into the history of an important relationship throughout the ages.
Clarifies the nature of the relationship between mathematics and philosophy throughout history Examines the ways philosophy and mathematics helped each other expand and transform Features historical examples throughout to vividly illustrate important points
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Hassan Tahiri
Themen in »The Philosophers and Mathematics«
Abstract Algebra Analogy in Poincaré’s Mathematical Practice Aristotle’s Philosophy of Nature Avicenna’s Analytical Philosophy Avicenna’s Theory of Knowledge Axiom of Choice The Comprehension Principle and Predicativity Constructive Type Theory Hilbert and Husserl on Critical Thinking Dialogical Logic The Foundations of Geometry: Gassmann Peano Hilbert Frege’s Logicism and Russell’s Paradox Hilbert’s Axiomatic Method and Proof Theory Husserl’s Phenomenology Kant’s Transcendatenlism