Friday, 27 October 2006
Euclidean Geometrical Practice and the Theory of Mathematical Practice. Preliminary report
Kenneth Manders, Department of Philosophy,
University of Pittsburgh
12:05 pm, 817R Cathedral of Learning
Abstract: Once the challenge of accounting for the probative character of Euclidean-style diagram-based reasoning is taken up, it forces us to refine conceptions of Agreement that underlie both logical and Wittgenstinian conceptions of probative inference.