The logic of impossible quantities

DOI10.1016/0039-3681(91)90014-JMaRDI QIDQ5202969zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors David Sherry

Publication date 1991

Published in Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

Booleformal languagesFregeBerkeleyLockeNewton's fluxions

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 18th century (01A50) History of mathematics in the 19th century (01A55) History of mathematics in the 20th century (01A60) Philosophy of mathematics (00A30) Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to mathematics in general (00-02)

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