Three case studies in current Leibniz scholarship

Autor: Katz, Mikhail G., Kuhlemann, Karl, Sherry, David, Ugaglia, Monica
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Antiquitates Mathematicae 15 (2021), no. 1, 147-168
Druh dokumentu: Working Paper
DOI: 10.14708/am.v15i1.7087
Popis: We examine some recent scholarship on Leibniz's philosophy of the infinitesimal calculus. We indicate difficulties that arise in articles by Bassler, Knobloch, and Arthur, due to a denial to Leibniz's infinitesimals of the status of mathematical entities violating Euclid V Definition 4.
Comment: 19 pages, to appear in Antiquitates Mathematicae
Databáze: arXiv