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Jesseph, Douglas Michael.

Berkeley's philosophy of mathematics [electronic resource] / Douglas M. Jesseph. - University of Chicago Press, c1993. - 1 online resource (xii, 322 p.) : ill. - Science and its conceptual foundations . - Science and its conceptual foundations. .

Revision of thesis (Ph. D.)--Princeton University, 1987.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [301]-315) and index.

1. Abstraction and the Berkeleyan philosophy of mathematics -- 2. Berkeley's new foundations for geometry -- 3. Berkeley's new foundations for arithmetic -- 4. Berkeley and the calculus : the background -- 5. Berkeley and the calculus : writings before the "Analyst" -- 6. Berkeley and the calculus : the "Analyst" -- 7. The aftermath of the "Analyst."

"In this first modern, critical assessment of the place of mathematics in Berkeley's philosophy and Berkeley's place in the history of mathematics, Douglas M. Jesseph provides a bold reinterpretation of Berkeley's work. Jesseph challenges the prevailing view that Berkeley's mathematical writings are peripheral to his philosophy and argues that mathematics is in fact central to his thought, developing out of his critique of abstraction. Jesseph's argument situates Berkeley's ideas within the larger historical and intellectual context of the Scientific Revolution."--Resource description p.

ISBN: 9780226398952 (electronic bk.) 0226398951 (electronic bk.)

Subjects--Personal Names:
Berkeley, George, 1685-1753.
Berkeley, George (Philosoph)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Mathematics--Philosophy.
1685-1753.
Berkeley, George.
Mathematics.
Philosophy.
MATHEMATICS--History & Philosophy.
Filosofie.
Wiskunde.
Berkeley, george.
Filosofia da ciencia.
Matematica.
Mathematik.
Philosophie.

Subjects--Index Terms: Mathematics Philosophy

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: QA8.4 / .J47 1993eb

Dewey Class. No.: 510/.1