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Euclid : Doing and Showing. / Rodin, Andrei.
Axiomatic Method and Category Theory. Springer Nature, 2014. p. 15-37 (Synthese Library; Vol. 364).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Research › peer-review
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TY - CHAP
T1 - Euclid
T2 - Doing and Showing
AU - Rodin, Andrei
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2014, Springer International Publishing Switzerland.
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - 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).
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KW - Axiomatic Theory
KW - Geometrical Object
KW - Geometrical Production
KW - Isosceles Triangle
KW - Modern Sense
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DO - 10.1007/978-3-319-00404-4_2
M3 - Chapter
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T3 - Synthese Library
SP - 15
EP - 37
BT - Axiomatic Method and Category Theory
PB - Springer Nature
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