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Part of the book series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science (BSPS, volume 237)
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Introduction
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The Formation of Descartes’s Mathematical Thought
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Front Matter
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The Concept of ‘Mathesis Universalis’ in Historical Perspective
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Back Matter
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Reviews
From the reviews:
"The book is a study about the formation of Descartes’s mathematical thought and its philosophical significance. … The book is well documented as one can see also looking at the footnotes and the bibliography. There are also some interesting digressions as that concerning Jesuit mathematical education." (Raffaella Franci, Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 1045 (20), 2004)
"This magnificent volume originates in a 1989 Ph.D. thesis from Princeton University. … The author aims at a reconstruction of R. Descartes’ early mathematical career, studying the formation of his mathematical thought and relating it to his methodological and philosophical ideas. … The volume, containing a wealth of material, is made accessible by indexes of names, subjects and treatises." (Volker Peckhaus, Mathematical Reviews, 2005 d)
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Descartes’s Mathematical Thought
Authors: Chikara Sasaki
Series Title: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-1225-5
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
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eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2003
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-1746-9Published: 30 November 2003
Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-6487-5Published: 03 December 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-94-017-1225-5Published: 09 March 2013
Series ISSN: 0068-0346
Series E-ISSN: 2214-7942
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 496
Topics: History of Mathematical Sciences, History of Philosophy, History, general, Philosophy of Science