Book | Chapter
At the origins of geometrical knowledge
pp. 1-26
Abstract
The scholars who have analyzed primitive spatial frameworks have immediately emphasized the absence of our usual abstract system of three-dimensional coordinates and projective relations. And therefore, the fact that our spatial frameworks derive above all from Euclidean geometry. According to this point of view, the primitive representations of space were probably more symbolic than geometric, therefore simple and eventually closer to topological intuitive representations.
Publication details
Published in:
Magnani Lorenzo (2001) Philosophy and geometry: theoretical and historical issues. Dordrecht, Springer.
Pages: 1-26
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-010-9622-5_1
Full citation:
Magnani Lorenzo (2001) At the origins of geometrical knowledge, In: Philosophy and geometry, Dordrecht, Springer, 1–26.