Uncountable: A Philosophical History of Number and Humanity from Antiquity to the Present
Intro -- Contents -- Introduction: Playing with Pebbles -- 1: World War Crisis -- 2: The Greeks: A Protohistory of Theory -- 3: Plato, Aristotle, and the Future of Western Thought -- 4: Monotheism's Math Problem -- 5: From Descartes to Kant: An Outrageously Succinct History of Philosophy -- 6:...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Chicago
University of Chicago Press
[2021]
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| In: | Year: 2021 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Mathematics
/ Number system
/ History
B Mathematics / Zählen / Auernheimer, Raoul 1876-1948, Society / History B Numerical analysis |
| Further subjects: | B
Mathematics-History
B Electronic books |
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| Summary: | Intro -- Contents -- Introduction: Playing with Pebbles -- 1: World War Crisis -- 2: The Greeks: A Protohistory of Theory -- 3: Plato, Aristotle, and the Future of Western Thought -- 4: Monotheism's Math Problem -- 5: From Descartes to Kant: An Outrageously Succinct History of Philosophy -- 6: What Numbers Need: Or, When Does 2 + 2 = 4? -- 7: Physics (and Poetry): Willing Sameness and Difference -- 8: Axioms of Desire: Economics and the Social Sciences -- 9: Killing Time -- 10: Ethical Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 Online-Ressource (420 pages) |
| ISBN: | 022664703X |