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The Object and Nature of Mathematical Science in Aristotle and St. Thomas Aquinas: A Comparison

The Object and Nature of Mathematical Science in Aristotle and St. Thomas Aquinas: A Comparison

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AuthorsAnderson, Thomas C.
TagsAristotle, Thomas Aquinas, Philosophy of Mathematics, Nature and Object of Mathematical Science, Quantity and Abstraction, Ancient Greek Philosophy, Medieval Scholasticism, Thomism, Epistemology of Science, History of Mathematics (Conceptual), Academic Dissertation, Academic theses, Aristotle Mathematics, Mathematics, Mathematics Philosophy, Mathématiques Philosophie, Thèses et écrits académiques, Thomas Aquinas Saint 1225?-1274
PublisherMarquette University Press
Published03 May 1966
Date12 Dec 2025
Languageseng
Identifiersuri: https://epublications.marquette.edu/dissertations/AAI6800476/, oclc: 855781318, url: https://www.proquest.com/docview/288341075
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This 1966 Marquette University dissertation, The Object and Nature of Mathematical Science in Aristotle and St. Thomas Aquinas: A Comparison , examines how Aristotle and Aquinas each understand the nature, object, and scope of mathematics and asks whether Aquinas simply adopts his predecessor’s position or develops a distinct philosophy of mathematics. Focusing on the kinds of mathematics actually known in their periods (arithmetic, Euclidean geometry, and related applied sciences), the author offers a systematic exposition of each thinker’s doctrine and then compares them point by point. The study aims to correct historians who uncritically identify Aquinas’s view with Aristotle’s and to determine whether a genuine doctrinal development separates the ancient philosopher from his medieval disciple.

Seems similar to: Mullahy, Thomism and Mathematical Physics.

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