Shaping Deduction Greek Mathematics: A Study in Cognitive History: 51 (Ideas in Context, Series Number 51) - Softcover

Netz

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521541204 ISBN 13: 9780521541206

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2008

Synopsis

An examination of the emergence of the phenomenon of deductive argument in classical Greek mathematics.

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Review

' ... a necessary read for anyone interested in the history of Greek mathematics but will also be interesting to a wider audience, particularly philosophers of science and intellectual historians ... Netz has made an important contribution to intellectual history and has asked a diverse set of questions whose answers, while difficult, will broaden our understanding of the development of deductive practices.' Bryn Mawr Classical Review

'This is a fascinating and stimulating book ...'. Journal of Hellenic Studies

'... his views are sure not only to stimulate some interesting debates outside the philosophical community ... but also to give philosophers of science an exotic fruit to sink their teeth into.' Philosophical Writings

' ... very well written ... almost every sentence, indeed next to every clause, carries a message that asks for the reader's active thought. It can safely be recommended as s must to anybody who is genuinely interested in the relation between Greek mathematics and logic ...' Studia Logica

Book Description

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 regulated, formulaic use of language.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521541204
• ISBN 13: 9780521541206
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 352