The Analyst, or a Discourse Addressed to an Infidel Mathematician: Wherein It Is Examined Whether the Object, Principles, and Inferences of the Modern ... Than Religious Mysteries and Points O - Softcover
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A skeptical challenge to the math of its time, framed as a dialogue with a renowned infidel of numbers. This work presents a spirited examination of what modern analysts claim to know, and whether their objects, principles, and inferences stand up to scrutiny. It invites readers to weigh technical certainty against philosophical questions about meaning and understanding.
In this discourse, Berkeley questions the authority of contemporary mathematicians and asks whether their methods truly illuminate truth. He contrasts the supposed clarity of fluxions and geometric reasoning with the mysteries commonly found in religious belief, urging a careful and independent judgment.
The book surveys topics from the foundations of reasoning in mathematics to the practical and conceptual status of fluxions, moments, and infinite small quantities. It also considers how perception, consciousness, and the nature of understanding relate to mathematical ideas, without assuming unexamined certainty.
- Confronts the object, principles, and method used by modern analysts with a call for fair examination.
- Juxtaposes mathematical reasoning with questions traditionally reserved for religious inquiry.
- Discusses fluxions, limits, and the structure of mathematical arguments in a critical light.
- Explores how human perception and consciousness bear on the comprehension of abstract ideas.
Ideal for readers interested in the foundations of calculus, the philosophy of mathematics, and historical critiques of scientific authority.
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