How to define a number? A general epistemological account of Simon Stevin's art of defining

Topoi

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 77-86

  Naets, Jurgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Ethos of geometry; Existential closure; Mathematical knowing; Number; Simon Stevin

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949500488     PISSN: 01677411     EISSN: 15728749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11245-009-9068-1     Document Type: Article

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