Brouwer Meets Husserl: On the Phenomenology of Choice Sequences

by Mark van Atten

Book Overview

Can the straight line be analysed mathematically such that it does not fall apart into a set of discrete points, as is usually done but through which its fundamental continuity is lost? And are there objects of pure mathematics that can change through time?

Mathematician and philosopher L.E.J. Brouwer argued that the two questions are closely related and that the answer to both is "yes''. To this end he introduced a new kind of object...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9048172810
• ISBN13: 9789048172818
• Release Date: November 2010
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 206 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"