The shaping of deduction in Greek mathematics : a study in cognitive history /
This book provides a way into understanding a momentous development in human intellectual history: the phenomenon of deductive argument in classical Greek mathematics. The argument rests upon a close description of the practices of Greek mathematics, principally the use of lettered diagrams and the...
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
1999.
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| Ráidu: | Ideas in context ;
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| Liŋkkat: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=73815 |
Sisdoallologahallan:
- Preliminaries; Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; The Greek alphabet; Note on the figures; Introduction; A specimen of Greek mathematics; CHAPTER 1 The lettered diagram; CHAPTER 2 The pragmatics of letters; CHAPTER 3 The mathematical lexicon; CHAPTER 4 Formulae; CHAPTER 5 The shaping of necessity; CHAPTER 6 The shaping of generality; CHAPTER 7 The historical setting; APPENDIX The main Greek mathematicians cited in the book; Bibliography; Index; Ideas in Context.