Bertrand A. W. Russell

An Essay on the Foundations of Geometry

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

An 1897 account of geometrical concepts in relation to logic, psychology and mathematics, illuminating the development of Russell's philosophical perspective.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 218
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. März 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 361g
• ISBN-13: 9781107679450
• ISBN-10: 1107679451
• Artikelnr.: 34962384

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Introduction: our problem defined by its relations to logic, psychology and mathematics
1. A short history of metageometry
2. Critical account of some previous philosophical theories of geometry
3A. The axioms of projective geometry
3B. The axioms of metrical geometry
4. Philosophical consequences.