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Title The history of continua : philosophical and mathematical perspectives / Stewart Shapiro and Geoffrey Hellman
Edition First edition
Published Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2020

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Description 1 online resource (592 pages) : illustrations (black and white)
Summary Mathematical and philosophical thought about continuity has changed considerably over the ages, from Aristotle's insistence that a continuum is a unified whole, to the dominant account today, that a continuum is composed of infinitely many points. This text explores the key ideas and debates concerning continuity over more than 2500 years
Notes This edition also issued in print: 2020
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Audience Specialized
Notes Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on November 18, 2020)
Subject Continuity.
Indivisibles (Philosophy)
Continuity.
Indivisibles (Philosophy)
Form Electronic book
Author Shapiro, Stewart, 1951- editor.
Hellman, Geoffrey, editor
ISBN 9780191846915 (ebook)
0191846910 (ebook)