After Euclid
CSLI, 2006
eISBN: 978-1-57586-905-6 | Cloth: 978-1-57586-509-6 | Paper: 978-1-57586-510-2
Library of Congress Classification BC136.N67 2006
Dewey Decimal Classification 160
eISBN: 978-1-57586-905-6 | Cloth: 978-1-57586-509-6 | Paper: 978-1-57586-510-2
Library of Congress Classification BC136.N67 2006
Dewey Decimal Classification 160
ABOUT THIS BOOK | AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY | TOC
ABOUT THIS BOOK
What does it mean to have visual intuition? Can we gain geometrical knowledge by using visual reasoning? And if we can, is it because we have a faculty of intuition? In After Euclid, Jesse Norman reexamines the ancient and long-disregarded concept of visual reasoning and reasserts its potential as a formidable tool in our ability to grasp various kinds of geometrical knowledge. The first detailed philosophical case study of its kind, this text is essential reading for scholars in the fields of mathematics and philosophy.
