2 edition of Space, intuition and geometry found in the catalog.
Space, intuition and geometry
Schaaf, William Leonard
Published
1967
by School Mathematics Study Group in [n.p.]
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Written in
Edition Notes
| Series | School Mathematics Study Group. Reprint series, RS -- -5 |
| The Physical Object | |
|---|---|
| Pagination | vii, 59 p. |
| Number of Pages | 59 |
| ID Numbers | |
| Open Library | OL22807371M |
intuition—space—is the primary ground of our pure geometrical knowledge. Kant characterizes the distinctive role of our pure intuition of space in geometry in terms of what he calls “construction in pure intuition,” and he illustrates this role by examples of geometrical construction from Euclid’s Elements. It is natural, then, to turn. In The Shape of Space Jeff Weeks explores the geometry and topology of two and three dimensional spaces, attempting above all to convey an intuition for their structure. He eschews rigorous mathematics, but informally introduces the idea of a manifold and a range of associated concepts. There are exercises, but they appear inline in the text and are not intimidating; this is more challenging.
Charles Parsons’ book “Mathematical Thought and Its Objects” of (Cambridge University Press, New York) is critically discussed by concentrating on one of Parsons’ main themes: the role of intuition in our understanding of arithmetic (“intuition” in the specific sense of Kant and Hilbert). A century and a half later, this geometrical understanding of space had become commonplace: non-Euclidean geometries and projective techniques form part of mainstream mathematical research, and a modern conception of space and spatial intuition has helped reshape pure and applied science, philosophy, and even the visual arts.
Space, Geometry, and Kant's Transcendental Deduction of the Categories Thomas C. Vinci, Space, Geometry, and Kant's Transcendental Deduction of the Categories, Oxford University Press, , pp., $ (hbk), ISBN Reviewed . In geometry, there was a clear need for a new set of axioms, which would be complete, and which in no way relied on pictures we draw or on our intuition of space. Such axioms, now known as Hilbert's axioms, were given by David Hilbert in in his dissertation Grundlagen der Geometrie (Foundations of Geometry).
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This short book gives a harmless introduction to the differential geometry of curves and surfaces. The nature of the book privileges the intuition toward the rigor. It gives a few examples and helps the reader to understand the concept with a easy language. It does not require a very strong mathematical background/5(20).
Space, intuition and geometry. [n.p.] School Mathematics Study Group [] (OCoLC) Document Type: Book: All Authors / Contributors: William L Schaaf. The Paperback of the Art and Geometry: A Study in Space Intuitions by William M.
Ivins at Barnes & Noble. FREE Shipping on $35 or more. Due to COVID, orders may be : This series makes available expository articles which appeared in a variety of mathematical periodicals. Topics covered include: (1) Helmholtz and the nature of geometrical axioms; (2) the straight line; (3) geometry and intuition; and (4) the curvature of space.
(MP). Reprint Series: Space, Intuition and Geometry. RS Schaaf, William L., Ed. This is one in a series of SMSG supplementary and enrichment pamphlets for high school : William L. Schaaf. KANT’S THEORY OF SPACE AND THE NON-EUCLIDEAN GEOMETRIES.
In the transcendental exposition of the concept of space in the “Space” section of the Transcendental Aesthetic Kant argues that “geometry is a science which determines the properties of space synthetically and yet a priori”1. Together with intuition and geometry book claims from the metaphysical exposition in the same section that space is not derived from any outer experience but it is a Space intuition.
Plane and Space: Linear Algebra and Geometry 5 1. Vectors and Products 5 2. Description of Lines and Planes 13 3. Orthogonal Projections, Distances and Angles 25 4. Change of Coordinate Systems 36 Chapter 2. Curves in plane and space 47 1. Vector functions in one variable 47 2.
Parametrized Curves 50 3. Curvature 62 4. Space Curves: Moving. of geometry. The choice of the axioms and the investigation of their relations to one another is a problem which, since the time of Euclid, has been discussed in numerous excellent memoirs to be found in the mathematical literature.1 This problem is tanta-mount to the logical analysis of our intuition of space.
Book 6 applies the theory of proportion to plane geometry, and contains theorems on similar figures. Book 7 deals with elementary number theory: e.g., prime numbers, greatest common denominators, etc. Book 8 is concerned with geometric series.
Book 9 contains various applications of results in the previous two books, and includes theorems. student to try. Many of the problems are worked out in the book, so the student can see examples of how they should be solved. Schaum’s Outlines are available atBarnes & Noble and other booksellers.
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Using a lucid style, Carroll first covers the foundations of the theory and mathematical formalism, providing an approachable introduction to what can often be an intimidating subject. Space as Form of Intuition and as Formal Intuition: On the Note to B in Kant's Critique of Pure Reason. Christian Onof & Dennis Schulting - - Philosophical Review (1) Kant on Geometry and Spatial Intuition.
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logical analysis of our intuition of space. The following investigation is a new attempt to choose for geometry a simple and complete set of independent axioms and to deduce from these the most important geo-metrical theorems in such a manner.
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