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Publisher: Springer

Place: Berlin

Year: 2012

Pages: 1-11

ISBN (Hardback): 9783034605038

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Philippe Seguin, "The idea of number from Gauss to Cantor", in: New essays on Leibniz reception, Berlin, Springer, 2012

The idea of number from Gauss to Cantor

the Leibnizian heritage and its surpassing

Philippe Seguin

pp. 1-11

in: Yannick Chin Drian, Ralf Krömer (eds), New essays on Leibniz reception, Berlin, Springer, 2012

Abstract

In a letter to David Hilbert, datelined January 27, 1900, Georg Cantor takes a position against Dedekind's opinion that numbers are "free creations of the human mind" ("free" underlined by Cantor), and the editors comment as follows: In der Überzeugung, daß Zahlen auch transiente Realitat besitzen [. . . ], besteht denn auch die wesentliche Differenz zu Dedekind, dem die Zahlen "freie Schopfungen des menschlichen Geistes" sind.

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Publication details

Publisher: Springer

Place: Berlin

Year: 2012

Pages: 1-11

ISBN (Hardback): 9783034605038

Full citation:

Philippe Seguin, "The idea of number from Gauss to Cantor", in: New essays on Leibniz reception, Berlin, Springer, 2012