Of the Geometrical Spirit, by Blaise Pascal

Of the Geometrical Spirit, by Blaise Pascal

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Of the Geometrical Spirit, by Blaise Pascal

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Pascal's major contribution to the philosophy of mathematics came with his De l'Esprit géométrique ("Of the Geometrical Spirit"), originally written as a preface to a geometry textbook for one of the famous "Petites-Ecoles de Port-Royal" ("Little Schools of Port-Royal"). The work was unpublished until over a century after his death. Here, Pascal looked into the issue of discovering truths, arguing that the ideal of such a method would be to found all propositions on already established truths. At the same time, however, he claimed this was impossible because such established truths would require other truths to back them up—first principles, therefore, cannot be reached. Based on this, Pascal argued that the procedure used in geometry was as perfect as possible, with certain principles assumed and other propositions developed from them. Nevertheless, there was no way to know the assumed principles to be true. Pascal also used De l'Esprit géométrique to develop a theory of definition. He distinguished between definitions which are conventional labels defined by the writer and definitions which are within the language and understood by everyone because they naturally designate their referent. The second type would be characteristic of the philosophy of essentialism. Pascal claimed that only definitions of the first type were important to science and mathematics, arguing that those fields should adopt the philosophy of formalism as formulated by Descartes.

Of the Geometrical Spirit, by Blaise Pascal

• Amazon Sales Rank: #5173307 in Books
• Published on: 2015-06-17
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 9.00" h x .6" w x 6.00" l, .11 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 24 pages

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