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The Shaping of Deduction in Greek Mathematics

A Study in Cognitive History

The Shaping of Deduction in Greek Mathematics
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This book provides a way into understanding a momentous development in human intellectual history: the phenomenon of deductive argument in classical Greek mathematics. The argument rests upon a close description of the practices of Greek mathematics, principally the use of lettered diagrams and the regulated, formulaic use of language.
Cambridge University Press; March 1999
351 pages; ISBN 9780511035296
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