Douglas M. Jesseph Books
Berkeley'S Philosophy Of Mathematics
By Douglas Michael Jesseph, Douglas M. Jesseph
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 Backgr...
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Berkeley'S Philosophy Of Mathematics
By Douglas Michael Jesseph, Douglas M. Jesseph
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 reinterpretatio...
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Squaring The Circle: The War Between Hobbes And Wallis
By Douglas Michael Jesseph, Douglas M. Jesseph
In 1655, the philosopher Thomas Hobbes claimed he had solved the centuries-old problem of "squaring of the circle" (constructing a square equal in area to a given circle). With a scathing rebuttal...
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Squaring The Circle: The War Between Hobbes And Wallis
By Douglas Michael Jesseph, Douglas M. Jesseph
In 1655, the philosopher Thomas Hobbes claimed he had solved the centuries-old problem of "squaring of the circle" (constructing a square equal in area to a given circle). With a scathing rebuttal...
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De Motu And The Analyst: A Modern Edition, With Introductions And Commentary
By Douglas M. Jesseph, George Berkeley
George Berkeley ; A Modern Edition, With Introductions And Commentary, Edited And Translated By Douglas M. Jesseph. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes.
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Historical Dictionary Of Descartes And Cartesian Philosophy
By Dennis Des Chene, Tad M. Schmaltz, Theo Verbeek, Roger Ariew, Douglas M. Jesseph
The Historical Dictionary of Descartes and Cartesian Philosophy includes many entries on Descartes's writings, concepts, and findings. Since it is historical, there are other entries on those who s...
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