Shaping of Deduction in Greek Mathematics

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.

Aceasta carte ofera o modalitate de a intelege o dezvoltare importanta in istoria intelectuala umana: fenomenul argumentului deductiv in matematica clasica greaca. Argumentul se bazeaza pe o descriere atenta a practicilor matematicii grecesti, in principal utilizarea diagramelor cu litere si utilizarea reglementata si formulata a limbajului.