Patterns of Change - Linguistic Innovations in the Development of Classical Mathematics (Hardcover, 2008 ed.)

Kvasz's book is a contribution to the history and philosophy of mat- matics, or, as one might say, the historical approach to the philosophy of mathematics. This approach is for mathematics what the history and philosophy of science is for science. Yet the historical approach to the philosophy of science appeared much earlier than the historical approach to the philosophy of mathematics. The ?rst signi?cant work in the history and philosophy of science is perhaps William Whewell's Philosophy of the Inductive Sciences, founded upon their History. This was originally published in 1840, a second, enlarged edition appeared in 1847, and the third edition appeared as three separate works p- lished between 1858 and 1860. Ernst Mach's The Science of Mech- ics: A Critical and Historical Account of Its Development is certainly a work of history and philosophy of science. It ?rst appeared in 1883, and had six further editions in Mach's lifetime (1888, 1897, 1901, 1904, 1908, and 1912). Duhem's Aim and Structure of Physical Theory appeared in 1906 and had a second enlarged edition in 1914. So we can say that history and philosophy of science was a well-established ?eld th th by the end of the 19 and the beginning of the 20 century. By contrast the ?rst signi?cant work in the history and philosophy of mathematics is Lakatos's Proofs and Refutations, which was p- lished as a series of papers in the years 1963 and 1964.

General

Imprint:	Birkhauser Verlag AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Science Networks. Historical Studies, 36
Release date:	July 2008
First published:	2008
Authors:	Ladislav Kvasz
Dimensions:	244 x 170 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	262
Edition:	2008 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-3-7643-8839-3
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Mathematics > General
LSN:	3-7643-8839-0
Barcode:	9783764388393

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