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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Format: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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Dordrecht
Springer Netherlands
2003, 2003
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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 |
Table of Contents:
- 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