Salomon Maimon’s Theory of Invention : : Scientific Genius, Analysis and Euclidean Geometry / / Idit Chikurel.
How can we invent new certain knowledge in a methodical manner? This question stands at the heart of Salomon Maimon's theory of invention. Chikurel argues that Maimon's contribution to the ars inveniendi tradition lies in the methods of invention which he prescribes for mathematics. Influe...
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Place / Publishing House: | Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2020] ©2020 |
Year of Publication: | 2020 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (X, 168 p.) |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: The Genius and the Methodical Inventor -- Chapter 2: An Art of Finding Arguments -- Chapter 3: Invention, Analysis and Synthesis -- Chapter 4: Methods of Invention -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index of Terms -- Index of Person |
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Summary: | How can we invent new certain knowledge in a methodical manner? This question stands at the heart of Salomon Maimon's theory of invention. Chikurel argues that Maimon's contribution to the ars inveniendi tradition lies in the methods of invention which he prescribes for mathematics. Influenced by Proclus' commentary on Elements, these methods are applied on examples taken from Euclid's Elements and Data. Centering around methodical invention and scientific genius, Maimon's philosophy is unique in an era glorifying the artistic genius, known as Geniezeit. Invention, primarily defined as constructing syllogisms, has implications on the notion of being given in intuition as well as in symbolic cognition. Chikurel introduces Maimon's notion of analysis in the broader sense, grounded not only on the principle of contradiction but on intuition as well. In philosophy, ampliative analysis is based on Maimon's logical term of analysis of the object, a term that has yet to be discussed in Maimonian scholarship. Following its introduction, a new version of the question quid juris? arises. In mathematics, Chikurel demonstrates how this conception of analysis originates from practices of Greek geometrical analysis. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9783110691351 9783110696288 9783110696271 9783110659061 9783110704716 9783110704518 9783110704822 9783110704648 |
DOI: | 10.1515/9783110691351 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Idit Chikurel. |