- Additional Authors
- Description
- 1 online resource (xii, 507 pages) : illustrations.
- Summary
- This collection of original essays aims to inquire into the diversity of Generality. Through case studies taken from the history of mathematics, physics and the life sciences, the book provides evidence of different ways of understanding the general in various contexts.
- Uniform Title
- Oxford handbook of generality in mathematics and the sciences (Online)
- Subject
- Mathematics > Philosophy
- Note
- "This book is the outcome of a collective work that took place between 2004 and 2009 in the context of the research group of CNRS and University Paris Diderot at the time called REHSEIS ...The collective work developed in a seminar that was organized by Karine Chemla, Renaud Chorlay, David Rabouin, and Anne Robadey."--Page 1.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- Contents
- The meaning and value of generality. Epistemic and epistemological values -- Actors' reflections on generality in science -- Statements and concepts : the formulation of the general. Developing a new kind of statement -- A diachronic approach : continuity and reinterpretation -- Circulation between epistemological cultures -- Practices of generality. Scientists at work -- A diachronic approach continuity and contrasts -- A synchronic approach : controversies -- Circulation between epistemological cultures.
- LCCN
- 2016943983
- OCLC
- ssj0001767760
- Title
The Oxford handbook of generality in mathematics and the sciences [electronic resource] / edited by Karine Chemla, Renaud Chorlay and David Rabouin, Laboratoire SPHERE UMR 7219 (ex-REHSEIS), Université Paris 7--CNRS, Paris, France.
- Imprint
Oxford, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Oxford University Press, [2016]
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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- Added Author
Chemla, Karine.
Chorlay, Renaud.
Rabouin, David.