Acts of Geometrical Construction in the Spherics of Theodosios

Robert Thomas

A chapter in From Alexandria, Through Baghdad, 2014, pp 227-237 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Two ways of talking about mathematics, the ideal agents of Philip Kitcher and Brian Rotman, and David Wells' s analogy to abstract games like chess and go, are brought together and put to the test on the Hellenistic mathematical text Spherics by Theodosios. The subject of agents or players, as in a game or play, is discussed.

Keywords: Great Circle; Geometrical Construction; Ideal Agent; Platonic Solid; Greek Mathematic (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-36736-6_11

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