Nominalism and constructivism in seventeenth-century mathematical philosophy

Historia Mathematica

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 33-59

  Sepkoski, David ^a  

^a OBERLIN COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Constructivism; Isaac Newton; Nominalism; Pierre Gassendi

Indexed keywords

EID: 14144251334     PISSN: 03150860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hm.2003.09.002     Document Type: Article

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