Philosophy and geometry. Theoretical and historical issues (Q1606089)

In this book different points of view with respect to geometry are combined. This mix of approaches from philosophy, history, mathematics, psychology and cognitive science with references to logic and computational models of geometry, represents on the one hand the strength of the book. On the other hand, the reader feels now and then somewhat lost as for where the book is heading. Yet the author's erudition is impressive. Plato, Proclus, Kant, Poincaré, Peirce, Hilbert, Husserl, Broad, Carnap and Simon are only a few of the people whose views play a role. Undoubtedly the book is good medicine against one-sided views of what geometry is.