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...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
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
Subjects:
Online Access:
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