Mathematics and Necessity
Essays in the History of Philosophy
166 pages, parution le 01/05/2001
Résumé
" Why did Plato put mathematics at the heart of education
for the rulers of his ideal city? Why has mathematics
played such a central role in Western philosophy? And just
how do we acquire knowledge of necessary truths? Three
philosophers of international repute tackle these
questions." "M F. Burnyeat brings out Plato's distinctive
vision of the world as it objectively is: the structures of
mathematics are also the structures that express the nature
of the human soul and the soul that governs the world. Ian
Hacking highlights the phenomena associated with the actual
experience of proof, which so impressed
philosopher-mathematicians like Descartes and Leibniz and
onlookers like Plato and Wittgenstein. Jonathan Bennett
explores modal discovery in Locke and Leibniz, and the
infallibility of reason in Descartes and Spinoza." "The
answers offered by these distinguished scholars make a
significant contribution to our understanding of some of
the great thinkers of the past."
Contents
- Timothy Smiley: Introduction
- Plato on why Mathematics is Good for the Soul
- Ian Hacking: What Mathematics Has Done to Some and Only Some Philosophers
- Jonathan Bennett: Infallibility and Modal Knowledge in Some Early Modern Philosophers
Caractéristiques techniques
| PAPIER | |
| Éditeur(s) | Oxford University Press |
| Parution | 01/05/2001 |
| Nb. de pages | 166 |
| Format | 16 x 24 |
| Couverture | Relié |
| Poids | 456g |
| Intérieur | Noir et Blanc |
| EAN13 | 9780197262153 |
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