Algebras, projective geometry, mathematical logic, and constructing the world: Intersections in the philosophy of mathematics of A. N. Whitehead

Historia Mathematica

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 427-462

  Grattan Guinness, I ^a  

^a MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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Foundations of mathematics; Principia mathematica; Process philosophy; Whitehead

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EID: 0036859816     PISSN: 03150860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/hmat.2002.2356     Document Type: Article

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