William Kingdom Clifford. Mathematician and philosopher

DOI10.1007/S00006-009-0192-1MaRDI QIDQ2655374zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Daniel Parrochia

Publication date 25 January 2010

Published in Advances in Applied Clifford Algebras (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/s00006-009-0192-1

zbMATH Keywords

biquaternionsClifford parallelismethicsmind-body problemnon-euclidean geometryspaceWilliam Kingdom Clifford

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 19th century (01A55)

Review text

The paper under review represents William Kingdom Clifford (1845-1879) as a mathematician and a philosopher. Among the most original and far-reaching of the contributions made by Clifford to mathematics are noted biquaternions, Clifford parallelism (1873), and Clifford algebras (1878). As a philosopher Clifford reflected on the nature of space and non-euclidean geometries (1873), placed high emphasis on ``the mind-body problem and the nature of things in themselves (1876). In the ``Ethics of religion (1877) he insisted on the scientific basis of morals. It is notable that Clifford's philosophy was closely connected to the main aspects of his mathematics.

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