Why Physical Space Has Three Dimensions
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8399268 |
|---|---|
| Authors | G J Whitrow (Imperial College London, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1955 |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue | 21 |
| Pages | 13-31 |
| Publication date | 1955-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-0882 • E-ISSN: 1464-3537 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/bjps/vi.21.13 |
| OpenAlex | W2026632341 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 2 |
And the first step of the Peripatetick argument is that, where Aristotle proveth the integrity and perfection of the World, telling us, that it is not a simple line, nor a bare superficies, but a body adorned with Longitude, Latitude and Profundity; and because there are no more dimensions but these three; the World having them, hath all, and having all, is to be concluded perfect. And again, that by simple length, that magnitude is constituted, which is called a line, to which adding breadth, there is formed a Superficies, and yet further adding the altitude or profundity, there results the Body, and after these three the dimensions there is no passing farther, so that in these three the integrity, and to so speak, totality is terminated, which I might but with justice have required Aristotle to have proved to me by necessary consequences, the rather in regard he was able to do it very plainly and speedily.
Argument (complex analysis) · Economic Justice · Epistemology · Geometry · Line (geometry) · Political science · Simple (philosophy) · Space (punctuation) · Classical Philosophy and Thought · Law · Mathematics · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,09 |
| Citation span | 1961 - 2022 (62) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |