Space, Number, and Geometry from Helmholtz to Cassirer by Biagioli, Francesca

Space, Number, and Geometry from Helmholtz to Cassirer (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9783319811161)

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Space, Number, and Geometry from Helmholtz to Cassirer by Biagioli, Francesca

Space, Number, and Geometry from Helmholtz to Cassirer

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Space, Number, and Geometry from Helmholtz to Cassirer by Biagioli, Francesca

Space, Number, and Geometry from Helmholtz to Cassirer

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Format: Paperback
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Helmholtz's Relationship to Kant.- The Discussion of Kant's Transcendental Aesthetic.- Axioms, Hypotheses, and Definitions.- Number and Magnitude.- Projective Metric and the Concept of Space.- Euclidean and Non-Euclidean Geometries in the Interpretation of Physical Measurements.- Non-Euclidean Geometry and Einstein's General Relativity: Cassirer's View in 1921.

Author: Francesca Biagioli
ISBN-10: 3319811169
ISBN-13: 9783319811161
Publisher: Springer
Language: English
Published: 06/09/2018
Pages: 239
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.81lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.55d
By Francesca Biagioli
By Francesca Biagioli
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Francesca Biagioli completed her PhD in philosophy and history of science at the University of Turin, Italy, in 2012. Her areas of specialization are Kant, neo-Kantianism, and the history of philosophy of science in the 19th Century. She is the author of articles about the philosophy of science of neo-Kantians such as Hermann Cohen, Alois Riehl and Ernst Cassirer, and scientists and mathematicians such as Hermann von Helmholtz and Otto Hder.

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