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(2002) History of philosophy of science, Dordrecht, Springer.
Bolzano's philosophy and the emergence of modern mathematics
Paul Rusnock , Ladislav Kvasz
pp. 404-408
The book is a detailed and penetrating study of the relations between Bolzano's philosophical views and his mathematical achievements. It opens with a Biographical sketch, written with a good understanding of the political situation in Central Europe at Bolzano's times. The words of the Emperor Francis II: "I do not need scholars but obedient citizens" (p. 8), and of an English visitor of Austria at those times: "These school-books are the most barren and stupid extracts which ever left the printing press." (p. 9) express the problems of the intellectuals in this part of the world.
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DOI: 10.1007/978-94-017-1785-4_33
Full citation:
Rusnock, P. , Kvasz, L. (2002)., Bolzano's philosophy and the emergence of modern mathematics, in M. Heidelberger & F. Stadler (eds.), History of philosophy of science, Dordrecht, Springer, pp. 404-408.