After Euclid visual reasoning & the epistemology of diagrams

What does it mean to have visual intuition? Can we gain geometrical knowledge by using visual reasoning? And if we can, is it because we have a faculty of intuition? In After Euclid, Jesse Norman reexamines the ancient and long-disregarded concept of visual reasoning and reasserts its potential as a...

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Autor principal: Norman, Jesse (-)
Autor Corporativo: Center for the Study of Language and Information (-)
Formato: Libro
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: [Stanford, California] : CSLI Publications cop. 2006
Colección:CSLI lecture notes ; 175
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Acceso en línea:Sumario
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Sumario:What does it mean to have visual intuition? Can we gain geometrical knowledge by using visual reasoning? And if we can, is it because we have a faculty of intuition? In After Euclid, Jesse Norman reexamines the ancient and long-disregarded concept of visual reasoning and reasserts its potential as a formidable tool in our ability to grasp various kinds of geometrical knowledge. The first detailed philosophical case study of its kind, this text is essential reading for scholars in the fields of mathematics and philosophy
Descripción Física:XI, 176 p. : il. ; 24 cm
Bibliografía:Incluye referencias bibliográficas (p. 169-172) e índice
ISBN:9781575865102
9781575865096