Pre-Modern Mathematical Thought: The Latin Discussion (13th-16th Centuries) - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 9004729526 ISBN 13 : 9789004729520

Editeur : Brill, 2025

Synopsis

This book takes readers through an exploration of fundamental discussions that redefined mathematics and its philosophical significance in the centuries foregoing modernity. From William of Auvergne's paradoxes of infinity to Christoph Clavius' interpretation of Euclidean principles, it examines the evolving understanding of central issues among which continuity, the existence of mathematical objects such as numbers, and the way humans can make true statements regarding such things. Each chapter sheds light on how premodern scholars bridged mathematics and philosophy, forging concepts and approaches that continued to influence early modern thought. A compelling read for historians, philosophers, and anyone intrigued by the origins and enduring legacy of mathematical ideas as both tools for inquiry and objects of reflection.
Contributors are Joël Biard, Stephen Clucas, Clelia V. Crialesi, Vincenzo De Risi, Daniel Di Liscia, André Goddu, Kamil Majcherek, Paolo Mancosu, Aurélien Robert, Sabine Rommevaux, Sylvain Roudaut, and Cecilia Trifogli.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Clelia V. Crialesi is a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow at SPHERE-CNRS (Paris, France). Her research focuses on premodern mathematical thought, with publications ranging from Boethian number theory to Euclidean geometry in the late medieval continuum debate and epistemology of 14th-century algebraic practices. She is the author of the monograph Mathematics and Philosophy at the Turn of the First Millennium. Abbo of Fleury on Calculus (Routledge, 2025).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Brill
• Date d'édition: 2025
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 9004729526
• ISBN 13: 9789004729520
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 380
• Éditeur: Crialesi Clelia V.
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