Douglas Jesseph
Biographic Data
| ID | 1195239 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Douglas Jesseph |
| GIVEN NAMES | Douglas |
| FAMILY NAME | Jesseph |
| SIGNATURE | JESSEPH D |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of South Florida |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 19 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 19 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1990 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Baldin, Gregorio. Hobbes and Galileo
Geometry, religion and politics
The dispute that raged between Thomas Hobbes and John Wallis from 1655 until Hobbes's death in 1679 was one of the most intense of the ‘battles of the books’ in seventeenth-century intellectual life. The dispute was principally centered on geometric questions (most notably Hobbes’s many failed attempts to square the circle), but it also involved questions of religion and politics. This paper investigates the origins of the dispute and argues that…
Ronald S. Calinger. Leonhard Euler
The contributions to mathematics of Leonhard Euler (1707–1783) are of such enormous breadth and depth that they defy concise description. His work in pure mathematics encompassed analysis, number theory, topology, combinatorics, graph theory, algebra, and geometry (among other fields). In applied mathematics, he made fundamental contributions to mechanics, hydraulics, acoustics, optics, and astronomy. In point of fact, there is scarcely a branch …
Hobbes on the Ratios of Motions and Magnitudes
Hobbes intended and expected De Corpore to secure his place among the foremost mathematicians of his era. This is evident from the content of Part iii of the work, which contains putative solutions to the most eagerly sought mathematical results of the seventeenth century. It is well known that Hobbes failed abysmally in his attempts to solve problems of this sort, but it is not generally understood that the mathematics of De Corpore is closely c…
De Corpore
Hobbes on ‘Conatus’
This paper will deal with the notion of conatus (endeavor) and the role it plays in Hobbes’s program for natural philosophy. As defined by Hobbes, the conatus of a body is essentially its instantaneous motion, and he sees this as the means to account for a variety of phenomena in both natural philosophy and mathematics. Although I foucs principally on Hobbesian physics, I will also consider the extent to which Hobbes’s account of conatus does imp…
Leibniz
Maria Rosa Antognazza, (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009), xxvii + 623 pp., £25.00 /$39.95 (hb), ISBN 978‐0‐521‐80619‐0 Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz was unquestionably one of the most versa
Berkeley's World
Book Review| October 01 2004 Berkeley's World: An Examination of the Three Dialogues Tom Stoneham, Berkeley's World: An Examination of the Three Dialogues. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002. Pp. xviii, 300. Douglas M. Jesseph Douglas M. Jesseph Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google The Philosophical Review (2004) 113 (4): 571–574. https://doi.org/10.1215/00318108-113-4-571 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & table…
La Contre-Réforme mathématique
Philosophy of Mathematics and Mathematical Practice in the Seventeenth Century
Discipline and Experience
756 Book Reviews TECHNOLOGY AND CULTURE stories one might have thought had been long since discredited (such as William Kelly’s successful anticipation of Henry Bessemer’s process of making steel). And, despite an occasional nod toward power relations, the book pays no attention to issues ofrace, gender, or class. I was particularly struck by the author’s heavy reliance on superlatives. Archimedes, “the famed mathematician and mechani cal genius…
Discipline and Experience
Although the scientific revolution has long been regarded as the beginning of modern science, there has been little consensus about its true character. While the application of mathematics to the study of the natural world has always been recognized as an important factor, the role of experiment has been less clearly understood. Peter Dear investigates the nature of the change that occurred during this period, focusing particular attention on evo…
Elements de la geometrie de l'infini. Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle
Common Sense, Science, and Scepticism
Berkeley's Philosophy of Mathematics
In this first modern, critical assessment of the place of mathematics in Berkeley's philosophy and Berkeley's place in the history of mathematics, Douglas M. Jesseph provides a bold reinterpretation of Berkeley's work. Jesseph challenges the prevailing view that Berkeley's mathematical writings are peripheral to his philosophy and argues that mathematics is in fact central to his thought, developing out of his critique of abstraction. Jesseph's a…
Berkeley's Philosophy of Mathematics
In this first modern, critical assessment of the place of mathematics in Berkeley's philosophy and Berkeley's place in the history of mathematics, Douglas M. Jesseph provides a bold reinterpretation of Berkeley's work. Jesseph challenges the prevailing view that Berkeley's mathematical writings are peripheral to his philosophy and argues that mathematics is in fact central to his thought, developing out of his critique of abstraction. Jesseph's a…
Hobbes oggi . Andrea Napoli Thomas Hobbes
A manifesto
Rigorous proof and the history of mathematics
Rigorous proof and the history of mathematics
Hobbes oggi . Andrea Napoli Thomas Hobbes
A manifesto
Berkeley's Philosophy of Mathematics
In this first modern, critical assessment of the place of mathematics in Berkeley's philosophy and Berkeley's place in the history of mathematics, Douglas M. Jesseph provides a bold reinterpretation of Berkeley's work. Jesseph challenges the prevailing view that Berkeley's mathematical writings are peripheral to his philosophy and argues that mathematics is in fact central to his thought, developing out of his critique of abstraction. Jesseph's a…
Common Sense, Science, and Scepticism
Berkeley's Philosophy of Mathematics
In this first modern, critical assessment of the place of mathematics in Berkeley's philosophy and Berkeley's place in the history of mathematics, Douglas M. Jesseph provides a bold reinterpretation of Berkeley's work. Jesseph challenges the prevailing view that Berkeley's mathematical writings are peripheral to his philosophy and argues that mathematics is in fact central to his thought, developing out of his critique of abstraction. Jesseph's a…
Elements de la geometrie de l'infini. Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle
Discipline and Experience
756 Book Reviews TECHNOLOGY AND CULTURE stories one might have thought had been long since discredited (such as William Kelly’s successful anticipation of Henry Bessemer’s process of making steel). And, despite an occasional nod toward power relations, the book pays no attention to issues ofrace, gender, or class. I was particularly struck by the author’s heavy reliance on superlatives. Archimedes, “the famed mathematician and mechani cal genius…
Discipline and Experience
Although the scientific revolution has long been regarded as the beginning of modern science, there has been little consensus about its true character. While the application of mathematics to the study of the natural world has always been recognized as an important factor, the role of experiment has been less clearly understood. Peter Dear investigates the nature of the change that occurred during this period, focusing particular attention on evo…
Philosophy of Mathematics and Mathematical Practice in the Seventeenth Century
La Contre-Réforme mathématique
Berkeley's World
Book Review| October 01 2004 Berkeley's World: An Examination of the Three Dialogues Tom Stoneham, Berkeley's World: An Examination of the Three Dialogues. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002. Pp. xviii, 300. Douglas M. Jesseph Douglas M. Jesseph Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google The Philosophical Review (2004) 113 (4): 571–574. https://doi.org/10.1215/00318108-113-4-571 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & table…
Leibniz
Maria Rosa Antognazza, (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009), xxvii + 623 pp., £25.00 /$39.95 (hb), ISBN 978‐0‐521‐80619‐0 Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz was unquestionably one of the most versa
Hobbes on ‘Conatus’
This paper will deal with the notion of conatus (endeavor) and the role it plays in Hobbes’s program for natural philosophy. As defined by Hobbes, the conatus of a body is essentially its instantaneous motion, and he sees this as the means to account for a variety of phenomena in both natural philosophy and mathematics. Although I foucs principally on Hobbesian physics, I will also consider the extent to which Hobbes’s account of conatus does imp…
Hobbes on the Ratios of Motions and Magnitudes
Hobbes intended and expected De Corpore to secure his place among the foremost mathematicians of his era. This is evident from the content of Part iii of the work, which contains putative solutions to the most eagerly sought mathematical results of the seventeenth century. It is well known that Hobbes failed abysmally in his attempts to solve problems of this sort, but it is not generally understood that the mathematics of De Corpore is closely c…
De Corpore
Geometry, religion and politics
The dispute that raged between Thomas Hobbes and John Wallis from 1655 until Hobbes's death in 1679 was one of the most intense of the ‘battles of the books’ in seventeenth-century intellectual life. The dispute was principally centered on geometric questions (most notably Hobbes’s many failed attempts to square the circle), but it also involved questions of religion and politics. This paper investigates the origins of the dispute and argues that…
Ronald S. Calinger. Leonhard Euler
The contributions to mathematics of Leonhard Euler (1707–1783) are of such enormous breadth and depth that they defy concise description. His work in pure mathematics encompassed analysis, number theory, topology, combinatorics, graph theory, algebra, and geometry (among other fields). In applied mathematics, he made fundamental contributions to mechanics, hydraulics, acoustics, optics, and astronomy. In point of fact, there is scarcely a branch …
Baldin, Gregorio. Hobbes and Galileo
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