The history of continua : philosophical and mathematical perspectives / Stewart Shapiro and Geoffrey Hellman.

The history of continua : philosophical and mathematical perspectives / Stewart Shapiro and Geoffrey Hellman.

First edition.

9780191846915 (electronic book)

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2020.

English

1 online resource (592 pages) : illustrations.

B105.C5

111.6

Mathematical and philosophical thought about continuity has changed considerably over the ages, from Aristotle's insistence that a continuum is a unified whole, to the dominant account today, that a continuum is composed of infinitely many points. This text explores the key ideas and debates concerning continuity over more than 2500 years.

Mathematical and philosophical thought about continuity has changed considerably over the ages, from Aristotle's insistence that a continuum is a unified whole, to the dominant account today, that a continuum is composed of infinitely many points. This text explores the key ideas and debates concerning continuity over more than 2500 years.

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