Analysis and Synthesis in Mathematics: History and Philosophy

Michael Otte · Marco Panza

ene 1997 · Springer Science & Business Media

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The book discusses the main interpretations of the classical distinction between analysis and synthesis with respect to mathematics. In the first part, this is discussed from a historical point of view, by considering different examples from the history of mathematics. In the second part, the question is considered from a philosophical point of view, and some new interpretations are proposed. Finally, in the third part, one of the editors discusses some common aspects of the different interpretations.