Constraining (mathematical) imagination by experience: Nieuwentijt and van Musschenbroek on the abuses of mathematics

DOI10.1007/s11229-017-1392-1zbMath1475.01010OpenAlexW2604931108MaRDI QIDQ2053968

Steffen Ducheyne

Publication date: 30 November 2021

Published in: Synthese (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-017-1392-1

zbMATH Keywords

Baruch Spinoza (1632--1677)early eighteenth-century Dutch Republicpure versus mixed mathematicsRené Descartes (1596--1650)

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Philosophy of mathematics (00A30) History of mathematics in the 18th century (01A50) History of mathematics in the 17th century (01A45)

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