Shaping of Deduction in Greek Mathematics, The (Ideas in Context)

Shaping of Deduction in Greek Mathematics, The (Ideas in Context)

ISBN-10: 0521622794 | English | PDF | 1.1 Mb (rar) | 350 Pages | Publisher: Cambridge University Press (July 23, 2003)

This book provides a way to understand a momentous development in human intellectual history: the phenomenon of deductive argument in classical Greek mathematics. The argument rests on a close description of the practices of Greek mathematics, principally the use of lettered diagrams and the regulated, formulaic use of language.

This book provides a way to understand a momentous development in human intellectual history: the phenomenon of deductive argument in classical Greek mathematics. The argument rests on a close description of the practices of Greek mathematics, principally the use of lettered diagrams and the regulated, formulaic use of language.