Description
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.
Book Details
Format
Hardcover
Pages
200 pages
Language
English
Published
Jun 1, 2006
Publisher
Center for the Study of Language and Inf
Editions
2 editions
ISBN-10
1575865092
ISBN-13
9781575865096