The Rhetoric of Utility: Avoiding Occult Associations for Mathematics through Profitability and Pleasure

1999/06/01 by Katherine Neal · 1 citation
Arts and Humanities · Mathematics · Psychology · Medicine · #Historical Philosophy and Science #Philosophy and History of Science #History and Theory of Mathematics #Pleasure #Rhetoric #Profitability index #Occult #Economics #Psychology #Philosophy #Linguistics #Medicine

paper · doi:10.1177/007327539903700202

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Abstract

L'A. demontre l'interet et le role important de la thetorique dans les strategies des mathematiciens

Citations

• The occult tradition in the English universities of the Renaissance: a reassessment
• Mathematical instruments and the education of gentlemen

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• John Dee [wikipedia]