ISBN: 9781402017469 - descartes’s mathematical thought (boston studies in the philosophy and history of science, 237, band 237) (3 Ergebnisse)

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Buch. Zustand: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - Covering both the history of mathematics and of philosophy, Descartes's Mathematical Thought reconstructs the intellectual career of Descartes most comprehensively and originally in a global perspective including the history of early modern China and Japan. Especially, it shows what the concept of 'mathesis universalis' meant before and during the period of Descartes and how it influenced the young Descartes. In fact, it was the most fundamental mathematical discipline during the seventeenth century, and for Descartes a key notion which may have led to his novel mathematics of algebraic analysis.…

Zustand: New. Covering both the history of mathematics and of philosophy, this work reconstructs the intellectual career of Descartes in a global perspective including the history of early modern China and Japan. It shows what the concept of "mathesis universalis" meant before and during the period of Descartes and how it influenced the young Descartes. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 510 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBX; TGP. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 165 x 33. Weight in Grams: 878. . 2003. 2004th Edition. hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.…