Philosophy and geometry
Subtitle: theoretical and historical issues
By: by Lorenzo Magnani.
Series: Western Ontario series in philosophy of science -- v. 66.; University of Western Ontario series in philosophy of science
Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Dordrecht; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 249
Subjects: Geometry -- Philosophy
Description: "Since ancient times many philosophers have studied geometry. Geometrical knowledge has often played the role of a laboratory for the philosopher's conceptual experiments dedicated to the ideation of powerful theories of knowledge. Lorenzo Magnani's new book Philosophy and Geometry illustrates the rich intrigue of this story of human knowledge, providing a new analysis of the ideas of many authors (like Plato, Proclus, Kant, and Poincare), and discussing conventionalist and neopositivist perspectives and the problem of the origins of geometry.

The book also ties together the concerns of philosophers of science and cognitive science researchers, showing, for example, the connections between geometrical reasoning and cognition as well as the results of recent logical and computational models of geometrical reasoning. All the topics are covered from a novel combination of both historical and contemporary perspectives."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-230) and indexes.