Book ID: CBB000060847

Revolutions in mathematics (1992)

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Gillies, Donald A. (Editor)


Clarendon Press


Publication Date: 1992
Physical Details: xi + 353 pp.; notes; bibl.; index

Description Contents: Crowe, Michael: Ten “laws” concerning patterns of change in the history of mathematics (1975). Mehrtens, Herbert: T.S. Kuhn's theories and mathematics: A discussion paper on the “new historiography” of mathematics (1976). Mehrtens, Herbert: Appendix (1992): Revolutions reconsidered. Dauben, Joseph: Conceptual revolutions and the history of mathematics: Two studies in the growth of knowledge (1984). Dauben, Joseph: Appendix (1992): Revolutions revisited. Mancosu, Paolo: Descartes's Géométrie and revolutions in mathematics. Grosholz, Emily: Was Leibniz a mathematical revolutionary? Giorello, Giulio: The “fine structure” of mathematical revolutions: Metaphysics, legitimacy, and rigour: The case of the calculus from Newton to Berkeley and Maclaurin. Zheng, Yuxin: Non-Euclidean geometry and revolutions in mathematics. Boi, Luciano: The “revolution” in geometrical vision of space in the 19th century, and the hermeneutical epistemology of mathematics. Dunmore, Caroline: Meta-level revolutions in mathematics. Gray, Jeremy: The 19th-century revolution in mathematical ontology. Breger, Herbert: A restoration that failed: Paul Finsler's theory of sets. Gillies, Donald: The Fregean revolution in logic. Crowe, Michael: Afterword (1992): A revolution in the historiography of mathematics?


Reviewed By

Review Rowe, D.E. (1993) Review of "Revolutions in mathematics". Historia Mathematica (pp. 320-23). unapi

Review Berg, G. (1997) Review of "Revolutions in mathematics". Lychnos (pp. 326-27). unapi

Review Grattan-Guinness, I. (1994) Review of "Revolutions in mathematics". Annals of Science: The History of Science and Technology (pp. 191-92). unapi

Includes Chapters

Chapter Grosholz, Emily (1992) Was Leibniz a mathematical revolutionary?. In: Revolutions in mathematics (p. 117). unapi

Chapter Giorello, Giulio (1992) The “fine structure” of mathematical revolutions: Metaphysics, legitimacy, and rigour: The case of the calculus from Newton to Berkeley and Maclaurin. In: Revolutions in mathematics (p. 134). unapi

Chapter Breger, Herbert (1992) A restoration that failed: Paul Finsler's theory of sets. In: Revolutions in mathematics (p. 249). unapi

Chapter Mancosu, Paolo (1992) Descartes's Géométrie and revolutions in mathematics. In: Revolutions in mathematics (p. 83). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Otte, Michael
Ausejo Martínez, Elena
Dauben, Joseph Warren
Dunmore, C.
Folkerts, Menso
Hashagen, Ulf
Publishers
Cambridge University Press
de Gruyter
F. Steiner
Reidel
Siglo XXI de España
Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht
Concepts
Mathematics
Science
Philosophy of science
Public policy
Probability and statistics
Biographies
People
Cantor, Georg Ferdinand Ludwig
Popper, Karl Raimund
Time Periods
19th century
18th century
20th century
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