Analysis and Synthesis in Mathematics: History and Philosophy

edited by Michael Otte and Marco Panza

ISBN 10: 0792345703 / ISBN 13: 9780792345701

Published by Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1997

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Covers show some light soiling and edges and corners show some bumping and scuffing. Top inside front corner is bumped and a bit ripped.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Analysis and Synthesis in Mathematics: History and Philosophy
• Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0792345703
• ISBN 13: 9780792345701
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Good
• Weight: 1.83 pounds
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Synopsis

Since Plato, there have been many interpretations of the ideas of analysis and synthesis, which are related to mathematical thought. Mathematicians have appealed to them to distinguish different forms and styles in their argumentations and expositions. Philosophers have referred to them for clarification of the specific character of mathematical knowledge.

Review

`... is to be recommended to anyone interested in the history and philosophy of mathematics... historians of modern mathematics and even historians of modern science in general will greatly enjoy some of the excellent articles in its historial section.'
ISIS, 91:1 (2000)