Berkeley's Philosophy of Mathematics /

In this first modern, critical assessment of the place of mathematics in Berkeley's philosophy and Berkeley's place in the history of mathematics, Douglas M. Jesseph provides a bold reinterpretation of Berkeley's work. Jesseph challenges the prevailing view that Berkeley's mathem...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Jesseph, Douglas M. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2010]
Colección:Science and Its Conceptual Foundations series
Temas:
PHILOSOPHY / General.
philosophy, berkeley, mathematics, abstraction, geometry, scientific revolution, calculus, aristotle, arithmetic, numbers, formalism, analyst, walton, jurin, infinites, fluxions, newton, leibniz, indivisibles, algebra, proof, nonfiction, science, history, philosophical commentaries, principles, new theory of vision, practice, departed quantities.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Works Frequently Cited
  • Introduction
  • CHAPTER ONE. Abstraction and the Berkeleyan Philosophy of Mathematics
  • CHAPTER TWO. Berkeley's New Foundations for Geometry
  • CHAPTER THREE. Berkeley's New Foundations for Arithmetic
  • CHAPTER FOUR. Berkeley and the Calculus: The Background
  • CHAPTER FIVE. Berkeley and the Calculus: Writings before the Analyst
  • CHAPTER SIX. Berkeley and the Calculus: The Analyst
  • CHAPTER SEVEN. The Aftermath of the Analyst
  • Conclusions
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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