Operationalism: an interpretation of the philosophy of ancient Greek geometry

DOI10.1007/s10699-021-09791-4zbMath1498.01007OpenAlexW3156278692MaRDI QIDQ2154005

Viktor Blåsjö

Publication date: 13 July 2022

Published in: Foundations of Science (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10699-021-09791-4

zbMATH Keywords

superpositiongeometrical constructionsphilosophy of geometrycissoidconic compass

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Philosophy of mathematics (00A30) Elementary problems in Euclidean geometries (51M04) History of Greek and Roman mathematics (01A20)

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