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Historiography of Mathematics in the 19th and 20th CenturiesThe History of Mathematics in the Progress of Mankind. Modifying the Narrative Around 1800

Historiography of Mathematics in the 19th and 20th Centuries: The History of Mathematics in the... [The narrative patterning of historiography changed profoundly around 1800. Instead of the accumulative, encyclopaedic format typical of the 18th century, a historical narrative hinged on the progress of mankind becameFichte, Johann Gottlieb (1762–1814)viableCondorcet, Marquis de (1743–1794) (Condorcet, Fichte etc.). This also had an impact on the writing of the history of mathematics. An interesting testimony of this transition can be found in Alexander von Humboldt’sHumboldt, Alexander von (1769–1859) project on the origin and development of the decimal positional numeral system. What originally started as an ethnographic and encyclopaedic project became a hypothetical history of ideas, inspired by the new philologies and the new mathematics.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

Historiography of Mathematics in the 19th and 20th CenturiesThe History of Mathematics in the Progress of Mankind. Modifying the Narrative Around 1800

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Editors: Remmert, Volker R.; Schneider, Martina R.; Kragh Sørensen, Henrik
Bullynck, Maarten
Historiography of Mathematics in the 19th and 20th Centuries — Dec 9, 2016
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Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Copyright
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016
ISBN
978-3-319-39647-7
Pages
9 –23
DOI
10.1007/978-3-319-39649-1_2
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[The narrative patterning of historiography changed profoundly around 1800. Instead of the accumulative, encyclopaedic format typical of the 18th century, a historical narrative hinged on the progress of mankind becameFichte, Johann Gottlieb (1762–1814)viableCondorcet, Marquis de (1743–1794) (Condorcet, Fichte etc.). This also had an impact on the writing of the history of mathematics. An interesting testimony of this transition can be found in Alexander von Humboldt’sHumboldt, Alexander von (1769–1859) project on the origin and development of the decimal positional numeral system. What originally started as an ethnographic and encyclopaedic project became a hypothetical history of ideas, inspired by the new philologies and the new mathematics.]

Published: Dec 9, 2016

Keywords: Narrative formats of historiography; History of mathematical notation; Condorcet; Fichte; Alexander von Humboldt

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