Search -
After Euclid (Center for the Study of Language and Information - Lecture Notes)
After Euclid - Center for the Study of Language and Information - Lecture Notes Author:Jesse Norman 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... more » 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.« less