The wake of Berkeley's analyst: Rigor mathematicae?

DOI10.1016/0039-3681(87)90003-3zbMath0636.01004OpenAlexW1998301802WikidataQ56228038 ScholiaQ56228038MaRDI QIDQ3775500

David Sherry

Publication date: 1987

Published in: Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/0039-3681(87)90003-3

zbMATH Keywords

calculusfoundations of mathematicsNewtongraphical representationidealism

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

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