Why Euclid's geometry brooked no doubt: J. H. Lambert on certainty and the existence of models

DOI10.1007/s11229-007-9277-3zbMath1171.01004OpenAlexW1989922940MaRDI QIDQ833025

Katherine Dunlop

Publication date: 11 August 2009

Published in: Synthese (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-007-9277-3

zbMATH Keywords

non-Euclidean geometryEuclidean geometryepistemology of mathematics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Philosophy of mathematics (00A30) History of mathematics in the 18th century (01A50) History of geometry (51-03)

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