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- catalog abstract ""Why did Plato put mathematics at the heart of education for the rulers of his ideal city? Why has mathematics played such a central role in Western philosophy? And just how do we acquire knowledge of necessary truths? Three philosophers of international repute tackle these questions." "M F. Burnyeat brings out Plato's distinctive vision of the world as it objectively is: the structures of mathematics are also the structures that express the nature of the human soul and the soul that governs the world. Ian Hacking highlights the phenomena associated with the actual experience of proof, which so impressed philosopher-mathematicians like Descartes and Leibniz and onlookers like Plato and Wittgenstein. Jonathan Bennett explores modal discovery in Locke and Leibniz, and the infallibility of reason in Descartes and Spinoza." "The answers offered by these distinguished scholars make a significant contribution to our understanding of some of the great thinkers of the past."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12004466.
- catalog contributor b12004467.
- catalog created "2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2000.".
- catalog description ""Why did Plato put mathematics at the heart of education for the rulers of his ideal city? Why has mathematics played such a central role in Western philosophy? And just how do we acquire knowledge of necessary truths? Three philosophers of international repute tackle these questions." "M F. Burnyeat brings out Plato's distinctive vision of the world as it objectively is: the structures of mathematics are also the structures that express the nature of the human soul and the soul that governs the world. Ian Hacking highlights the phenomena associated with the actual experience of proof, which so impressed philosopher-mathematicians like Descartes and Leibniz and onlookers like Plato and Wittgenstein. Jonathan Bennett explores modal discovery in Locke and Leibniz, and the infallibility of reason in Descartes and Spinoza." "The answers offered by these distinguished scholars make a significant contribution to our understanding of some of the great thinkers of the past."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references.".
- catalog description "Plato on why mathematics is good for the soul / M.F. Burnyeat -- What mathematics has done to some and only some philosophers / Ian Hacking -- Infallibility and modal knowledge in some early modern philosophers / Jonathan Bennett.".
- catalog extent "166 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Mathematics and necessity.".
- catalog identifier "0197262155".
- catalog isFormatOf "Mathematics and necessity.".
- catalog isPartOf "Proceedings of the British Academy ; 103.".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "2000.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Oxford : Oxford University Press,".
- catalog relation "Mathematics and necessity.".
- catalog subject "B72 .M365 2000".
- catalog subject "Mathematics Philosophy.".
- catalog subject "Philosophy History.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Plato on why mathematics is good for the soul / M.F. Burnyeat -- What mathematics has done to some and only some philosophers / Ian Hacking -- Infallibility and modal knowledge in some early modern philosophers / Jonathan Bennett.".
- catalog title "Mathematics and necessity : essays in the history of philosophy / edited by Timothy Smiley.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".