Synthetic activity and the continuum : a criticism of Russell's account of extensive magnitude

• Main Author: Gardner, Stephen Ambrose
• Other Authors: Memorial University of Newfoundland. Dept. of Philosophy
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2002
• Subjects: Kant; Immanuel; 1724-1804 > Views on continuity; Russell; Bertrand; 1872-1970 > Views on continuity; Continuity; Newfoundland studies; University of Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/theses4/id/94567

Thesis (M.A.)--Memorial University of Newfoundland, 2003. Philosophy Includes bibliographical references (leaves 116-118) This essay deals with the concept of continuity, as it has been developed both in philosophy and in mathematics during the 19th and 20th Centuries. In particular, the problem of...