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Bolzano’s Philosophy and the Emergence of Modern Mathematics

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Part of the book series: Vienna Circle Institute Yearbook [2001] ((VCIY,volume 9))

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The book is a detailed and penetrating study of the relations between Bolzano’s philosophical views and his mathematical achievements. It opens with a Biographical sketch, written with a good understanding of the political situation in Central Europe at Bolzano’s times. The words of the Emperor Francis II: “I do not need scholars but obedient citizens” (p. 8), and of an English visitor of Austria at those times: “These school-books are the most barren and stupid extracts which ever left the printing press.” (p. 9) express the problems of the intellectuals in this part of the world.

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Rusnock, P., Kvasz, L. (2002). Bolzano’s Philosophy and the Emergence of Modern Mathematics. In: Heidelberger, M., Stadler, F. (eds) History of Philosophy of Science. Vienna Circle Institute Yearbook [2001], vol 9. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-1785-4_33

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