Descartes’s Mathematical Thought

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...

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Main Author: Sasaki, C.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 2003, 2003
Edition:1st ed. 2003
Series:Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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505 0 |a Introduction: René Descartes and Modern European Mathematics -- 1: The Formation of Descartes’s Mathematical Thought -- 1 Descartes and Jesuit Mathematical Education -- 2 The Mathematical Thought of Christoph Clavius -- 3 The First Attempt at Reforming Mathematics -- 4 The Mathematical Background of the Regulae ad Directionem Ingenii -- 5 The Géométrie of 1637 -- Interim Consideration: Descartes and the Beginnings of Mathematicism in Modern Thought -- II: The Concept of ‘Mathesis Universalis’ In Historical Perspective -- 6 ‘Universal Mathematics’ in Aristotle -- 7 ‘Mathesis Universalis’ in the Sixteenth Century -- 8 ‘Mathesis Universalis’ in the Seventeenth Century -- Conclusion: Descartes and the Modern Scheme of Learning -- Indices -- Name Index -- Treatise Index 
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