Berkeley and his contemporaries

the question of mathematical formalism

Claire Schwartz

pp. 43-56

in: Silvia Parigi (ed), George Berkeley, Berlin, Springer, 2011

Abstract

Berkeley's critique of the calculus is a well-known topic, as are his attempts to build a brand-new geometry based on sensible minima, but the notion of a Berkeleian mathematical philosophy has hardly been examined. Some recent works have nevertheless tried to analyze what this philosophy could be.

Cited authors

Berkeley George