Cultures of Mathematics and Logic Selected Papers from the Conference in Guangzhou, China, November 9-12, 2012 /

This book gathers the proceedings of the conference "Cultures of Mathematics and Logic," held in Guangzhou, China. The event was the third in a series of interdisciplinary, international conferences emphasizing the cultural components of philosophy of mathematics and logic. It brought toge...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Ju, Shier (Editor ), Löwe, Benedikt (Editor ), Müller, Thomas (Editor ), Xie, Yun (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Birkhäuser, 2016.
Edición:1st ed. 2016.
Colección:Trends in the History of Science,
Temas:
Mathematics.
History.
Mathematical logic.
Logic.
History of Mathematical Sciences.
Mathematical Logic and Foundations.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface
  • Brendan Larvor: What are mathematical cultures?
  • Benedikt Löwe: Philosophy or not? The study of cultures and practices of mathematics
  • Baptiste Mélès: Abacus as a Programming Language: Computer Science and History of Mathematics
  • Stig Andur Pedersen: Mathematics in Engineering and Science
  • Johannes Wietzke: A Fashionable Curiosity: Claudius Ptolemy's "Desire for Knowledge" in Literary Context
  • Jia-Ming Ying: Transmission and interactions among different types of geometrical argumentations: From Jesuits in China to Nam Pyŏng-Gil in Korea.

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