Three case studies in current Leibniz scholarship

DOI10.14708/AM.V15I1.7087zbMATH Open1522.01024arXiv2201.02047WikidataQ114053756 ScholiaQ114053756MaRDI QIDQ6164887FDOQ6164887

Authors: Mikhail G. Katz, Karl Kuhlemann, David Sherry, Monica Ugaglia 

Publication date: 4 July 2023

Published in: Antiquitates Mathematicae (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We examine some recent scholarship on Leibniz's philosophy of the infinitesimal calculus. We indicate difficulties that arise in articles by Bassler, Knobloch, and Arthur, due to a denial to Leibniz's infinitesimals of the status of mathematical entities violating Euclid V Definition 4.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2201.02047

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zbMATH Keywords

infinityLeibnizian infinitesimalssyncategorematic infinitesimals

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 17th century (01A45)

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