Nominalism and constructivism in seventeenth-century mathematical philosophy [electronic resource] / David Sepkoski.
By: Sepkoski, David.
Material type: BookSeries: Routledge studies in seventeenth-century philosophy: 11.Publisher: London : New York : Routledge, 2007Description: 172 p.ISBN: 9780203940358 (e-book : PDF).Subject(s): Mathematics -- Philosophy -- Early works to 1800 | Mathematics -- Early works to 1800 | Science -- Mathematics -- Early works to 1800Genre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: No titleOnline resources: Click here to view Also available in print edition.Includes bibliographical references (p. [154]-164) and index.
1. Realists and nominalists : language and mathematics before the scientific revolution -- 2. Ontology recapitulates epistemology : Gassendi, epicurean atomism, and nominalism -- 3. British empiricism, nominalism, and constructivism -- 4. Three mathematicians : constructivist epistemology and the new mathematical methods.
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