Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- PREFACE
- Aphorisms respecting Ideas
- Aphorisms respecting Knowledge
- Aphorisms respecting the Language of Science
- PART I OF IDEAS
- BOOK I OF IDEAS IN GENERAL
- BOOK II THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE PURE SCIENCES
- CHAP. 1 Of the Pure Sciences
- CHAP. 2 Of the Idea of Space
- CHAP. 3 Of some Peculiarities of the Idea of Space
- CHAP. 4 Of the Definitions and Axioms which relate to Space
- CHAP. 5 Of some Objections to the Previous Doctrines
- CHAP. 6 Of the Perception of Space
- CHAP. 6 Of the Idea of Time
- CHAP. 7 Of some Peculiarities of the Idea of Time
- CHAP. 8 Of the Axioms which relate to Number
- CHAP. 9 Of the Perception of Time and Number
- CHAP. 10 Of Mathematical Reasoning
- CHAP. 11 Of the Foundations of the Higher Mathematics
- CHAP. 12 Of the Doctrine of Motion
- CHAP. 13 Of the Application of Mathematics to the Inductive Sciences
- BOOK III THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE MECHANICAL SCIENCES
- BOOK IV THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE SECONDARY MECHANICAL SCIENCES
- BOOK V THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE MECHANICO-CHEMICAL SCIENCES
- BOOK VI THE PHILOSOPHY OF CHEMISTRY
- BOOK VII THE PHILOSOPHY OF MORPHOLOGY, INCLUDING CRYSTALLOGRAPHY
- BOOK VIII PHILOSOPHY OF THE CLASSIFICATORY SCIENCES
CHAP. 4 - Of the Definitions and Axioms which relate to Space
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 December 2014
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- PREFACE
- Aphorisms respecting Ideas
- Aphorisms respecting Knowledge
- Aphorisms respecting the Language of Science
- PART I OF IDEAS
- BOOK I OF IDEAS IN GENERAL
- BOOK II THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE PURE SCIENCES
- CHAP. 1 Of the Pure Sciences
- CHAP. 2 Of the Idea of Space
- CHAP. 3 Of some Peculiarities of the Idea of Space
- CHAP. 4 Of the Definitions and Axioms which relate to Space
- CHAP. 5 Of some Objections to the Previous Doctrines
- CHAP. 6 Of the Perception of Space
- CHAP. 6 Of the Idea of Time
- CHAP. 7 Of some Peculiarities of the Idea of Time
- CHAP. 8 Of the Axioms which relate to Number
- CHAP. 9 Of the Perception of Time and Number
- CHAP. 10 Of Mathematical Reasoning
- CHAP. 11 Of the Foundations of the Higher Mathematics
- CHAP. 12 Of the Doctrine of Motion
- CHAP. 13 Of the Application of Mathematics to the Inductive Sciences
- BOOK III THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE MECHANICAL SCIENCES
- BOOK IV THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE SECONDARY MECHANICAL SCIENCES
- BOOK V THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE MECHANICO-CHEMICAL SCIENCES
- BOOK VI THE PHILOSOPHY OF CHEMISTRY
- BOOK VII THE PHILOSOPHY OF MORPHOLOGY, INCLUDING CRYSTALLOGRAPHY
- BOOK VIII PHILOSOPHY OF THE CLASSIFICATORY SCIENCES
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- The Philosophy of the Inductive SciencesFounded upon their History, pp. 88 - 97Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2014