Article ID: CBB000340889

Conventionalism in Reid's “Geometry of Visibles” (2003)

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Description Examines the work of N. Daniels and R. Angell and explores the role of conventions in the formulation of Thomas Reid's theory of the geometry of vision.


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Authors & Contributors
Grandi, Giovanni Battista
De Risi, Vincenzo
Gino, Sebastiano
Matthew Wickman
Giannini, Giulia
Bow, Charles Bradford
Journals
Ziran Kexueshi Yanjiu (Studies in the History of Natural Sciences)
Sudhoffs Archiv: Zeitschrift fuer Wissenschaftsgeschichte
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science
Kwartalnik Historii Nauki i Techniki
Intellectual History Review
Historia Scientiarum: International Journal of the History of Science Society of Japan
Publishers
Pennsylvania State University Press
University of Western Ontario (Canada)
McGill University (Canada)
University of Pennsylvania Press
Springer, AIP Press
Routledge
Concepts
Geometry
Non-euclidean geometry
Mathematics
Philosophy
Reason
Physics
People
Reid, Thomas
Stewart, Dugald
Euclid
Gauss, Carl Friedrich
Poincaré, Jules Henri
Hume, David
Time Periods
18th century
19th century
Enlightenment
Ancient
Modern
Medieval
Places
Scotland
England
Greece
Germany
Europe
Rome (Italy)
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