Perceiving the infinite and the infinitesimal world: unveiling and optical diagrams in mathematics

DOI10.1007/S10699-005-3003-8zbMATH Open1148.00001OpenAlexW2081450107MaRDI QIDQ859750FDOQ859750

Lorenzo Magnani, Riccardo Dossena

Publication date: 18 January 2007

Published in: Foundations of Science (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10699-005-3003-8

zbMATH Keywords

abductionmathematical reasoningdiagramsaction-based reasoning

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Philosophy of mathematics (00A30) Language and verbal communities (aspects of mathematics education) (97C50)

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• Abduction as belief revision
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