The Art of the Intelligible - An Elementary Survey of Mathematics in its Conceptual
Edition: 1 edition
Series: The Western Ontario Series in Philosophy of Science
Publisher: Springer
Published: August 1, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9781402000072
Subjects: Philosophy of science; Philosophy & Social Aspects; History & Philosophy; Mathematics; Philosophy; Science; Science/Mathematics; Algebra - General; General; Geometry - General; HUMANITIES:Philosophy of Science; MATHEMATICS:Algebra and Number Theory; MATHEMATICS:Foundations, Sets and Categories; MATHEMATICS:History of Mathematics; MATHEMATICS:Topology and Geometry; Mathematics : Algebra - General; Mathematics : Geometry - General; Philosophy / General; Science / Philosophy & Social Aspects
First sentence: FOR CENTURIES MATHEMATICS WAS DEFINED as "the science of number and magnitude", and while this definition cannot nowadays be taken as adequate, it does, nevertheless, reflect the origins of mathematics with reasonable fidelity.