The History of Continua: Philosophical and Mathematical Perspectives

by David Charles McCarty

Mathematical and philosophical thought about continuity has changed considerably over the ages. Aristotle insisted that continuous substances are not composed of points, and that they can only be divided into parts potentially. There is something viscous about the continuous. It is a unified whole. This is in stark contrast with the prevailing contemporary account, which takes a continuum to be composed of an uncountably infinite set of points. This...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198809646
• ISBN13: 9780198809647
• Release Date: February 2021
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 588 Pages
• Weight: 2.29 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.0" x 9.3"