The forgotten tradition: how the logical empiricists missed the philosophical significance of the work of Riemann, Christoffel and Ricci

DOI10.1007/s10670-012-9407-2zbMath1303.01014OpenAlexW2101566072MaRDI QIDQ485618

Marco Giovanelli

Publication date: 13 January 2015

Published in: Erkenntnis (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10670-012-9407-2

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Philosophy of mathematics (00A30) History of differential geometry (53-03) History of mathematics in the 19th century (01A55) History of relativity and gravitational theory (83-03)

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