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Leibniz and the Structure of Sciences: Modern Perspectives on the History of Logic, Mathematics, Epistemology: 337 (Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science) Hardback -
by Vincenzo de Risi (Editor)
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- Title Leibniz and the Structure of Sciences: Modern Perspectives on the History of Logic, Mathematics, Epistemology: 337 (Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science)
- Author Vincenzo de Risi (Editor)
- Binding Hardback
- Condition New
- Pages 298
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Springer
- Publication date pp. XI, 298 157 illus. 1 Edit
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Illustrated
- Bookseller's Inventory # 6384559603
- ISBN 9783030255718 / 3030255719
- Weight 1.35 lbs (0.61 kg)
- Dimensions 9.21 x 6.14 x 0.75 in (23.39 x 15.60 x 1.91 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: Modern
- Category Science
- Dewey Decimal Code 190
- Quantity available 4
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The book offers a collection of essays on various aspects of Leibniz's scientific thought, written by historians of science and world-leading experts on Leibniz. The essays deal with a vast array of topics on the exact sciences: Leibniz's logic, mereology, the notion of infinity and cardinality, the foundations of geometry, the theory of curves and differential geometry, and finally dynamics and general epistemology. Several chapters attempt a reading of Leibniz's scientific works through modern mathematical tools, and compare Leibniz's results in these fields with 19th- and 20th-Century conceptions of them. All of them have special care in framing Leibniz's work in historical context, and sometimes offer wider historical perspectives that go much beyond Leibniz's researches. A special emphasis is given to effective mathematical practice rather than purely epistemological thought. The book is addressed to all scholars of the exact sciences who have an interest in historical research and Leibniz in particular, and may be useful to historians of mathematics, physics, and epistemology, mathematicians with historical interests, and philosophers of science at large.
