DOI

Reading older mathematical texts always involves a hermeneutical dilemma: in order to make sense of the mathematical content of a given old text one wants to interpret it in modern terms; in order to see the difference between the modern mathematical thinking and older ways of mathematical thinking one wants to avoid anachronisms and understand the old text in its own terms (Unguru 1975).

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAxiomatic Method and Category Theory
PublisherSpringer Nature
Pages15-37
Number of pages23
ISBN (Electronic)978-3-319-37551-9
ISBN (Print)978-3-319-37551-9
DOIs
StatePublished - 2014

Publication series

NameSynthese Library
Volume364
ISSN (Print)0166-6991
ISSN (Electronic)2542-8292

    Scopus subject areas

  • History and Philosophy of Science
  • History
  • Language and Linguistics
  • Logic

    Research areas

  • Axiomatic Theory, Geometrical Object, Geometrical Production, Isosceles Triangle, Modern Sense

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