Sheldon Smith on Newton's derivative: retrospective assignation, externalism and the history of mathematics

DOI10.1007/S11245-022-09858-2MaRDI QIDQ6652802zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Sébastien Gandon

Publication date 13 December 2024

Published in Topoi (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

history of mathematicsexternalismsemantic indeterminacyanachronismlanguage use

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 17th century (01A45) History of mathematics in the 18th century (01A50) Philosophy of mathematics (00A30)

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