Truth but not science? George Berkeley and the politics of mathematical authority in the Analyst Controversy.

This article reframes the Analyst Controversy, incited by George Berkeley's incendiary tract The Analyst: A Discourse Addressed to an Infidel Mathematician (1734), as not merely a debate about Newtonian fluxions but as a conflict over epistemic authority and competing ideas and ideals of reason in t...

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Publicado en:	Annals of Science Vol. 82; no. 4; pp. 528 - 586
Autor principal:	Tomasson, Julia
Formato:	Artículo
Publicado:	Taylor & Francis Ltd Oct2025
Materias:	History of mathematics Early modern history Social epistemology Locke, John, 1632-1704 Newton, Isaac, 1642-1727 Mathematicians Social context
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