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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Authors: Nirenberg, David 1964- (Author) ; Nirenberg, Ricardo L. 1939- (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Chicago University of Chicago Press [2021]
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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ISBN:022664703X