Hume on space, geometry, and diagrammatic reasoning

DOI10.1007/S11229-012-0071-5zbMATH Open1274.00011OpenAlexW2023579263MaRDI QIDQ375276FDOQ375276

Authors: Graciela De Pierris 

Publication date: 29 October 2013

Published in: Synthese (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-012-0071-5

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zbMATH Keywords

geometryinfinite divisibilitycontinuityarithmeticspacemanner of appearanceminima (visible and tangible)

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 18th century (01A50) Philosophy of mathematics (00A30)

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• Eudoxos and Dedekind: On the ancient Greek theory of ratios and its relation to modern mathematics
• Testing the Normality Assumption in the Tobit Model
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• Hume on the social construction of mathematical knowledge
• The limits of understanding and the understanding of limits: David Hume's mathematical sources
• Hume’s Skepticism and Inductivism Concerning Space and Geometry

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