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The History of Continua: Philosophical and Mathematical Perspectives
Description
1st Edition
by Stewart Shapiro (Editor), Geoffrey Hellman (Editor)
Mathematical and philosophical thought about continuity has changed considerably over the ages. Aristotle insisted that continuous substances are not composed of points, and that they can only be divided into parts potentially. There is something viscous about the continuous. It is a unified whole. This is in stark contrast with the prevailing contemporary account, which takes a continuum to be composed of an uncountably infinite set of points. This vlume presents a collective study of key ideas and debates within this history.
Details
Year:
2021
Pages:
588
Language:
English
Format:
PDF
Size:
4 MB
ISBN-10:
198809646
ISBN-13:
978-0198809647
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