"Mathesis of the mind" : a study of Fichte's Wissenschaftslehre and geometry /

"Mathesis of the mind" : a study of Fichte's Wissenschaftslehre and geometry /

This is the first major study in any language on J.G. Fichte's philosophy of mathematics and theory of geometry. It investigates both the external formal and internal cognitive parallels between the axioms, intuitions and constructions of geometry and the scientific methodology of the Fichtean...

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Main Author: Wood, David W., 1968-

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Amsterdam ; New York, NY : Rodopi, 2012.

Series: Fichte-Studien, Supplementa 29.
Rodopi Religion, Theology and Philosophy Special E-Book Collection, 2007-2014, ISBN: 9789004357938.

Subjects:

Fichte, Johann Gottlieb, > 1762-1814.
Geometry > Philosophy.
Mathematics > Philosophy.

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Call Number: B2849.M38 W66 2012eb

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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • Acknowledgements
  • Fichte as the Euclid of Philosophy?
  • Fichte's Philosophy of Mathematics
  • Fichte's Theory of »Original« Geometry
  • Axioms, Intuition and Construction
  • The Fichtean Conception of Space
  • The Relationship between Geometry and the »Wissenschaftslehre«
  • The »Wissenschaftslehre« as »Mathesis of the Mind«
  • Johann Gottlieb Fichte: »Original Geometry«
  • Bibliography
  • List of Abbreviations.