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THE PHILOSOPHERS AND MATHEMATICS GEBUNDEN

This book explores the unique relationship between two different approaches to understand the
nature of knowledge  reality  and existence. It collects essays that examine the distinctive
historical relationship between mathematics and philosophy. Readers learn what key philosophers
throughout the ages thought about mathematics. This includes both thinkers who recognized the
relevance of mathematics to their own work as well as those who chose to completely ignore its
many achievements. The essays offer insight into the role that mathematics played in the
formation of each included philosopher¿s doctrine as well as the impact its remarkable
expansion had on the philosophical systems each erected. Conversely  the authors also highlight
the ways that philosophy contributed to the growth and transformation of mathematics.
Throughout  significant historical examples help to illustrate these points in a vivid way.
Mathematics has often been a favored interlocutor of philosophers and a major source of
inspiration. This book is the outcome of an international conference held in honor of Roshdi
Rashed  a renowned historian of mathematics. It provides researchers  students  and interested
readers with remarkable insights into the history of an important relationship throughout the
ages.

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