Mathematics in Kant's Critical Philosophy Reflections on Mathematical Practice

First published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Preface
Introduction
PART 1. Euclid: The role of the Euclidean diagram in the Elements
1.0. Euclid: An Introduction
1.1. Characterizing the Euclidean Diagram: Plane Geometry
1.1.1. The Definitions
1.1.2. The Postulates
1.1.3. The Common Notions
1.2. Reading the Euclidean Diagram: Warranting Implicit Assumptions
1.2.1. The Incidence Axioms
1.2.2. The Betweenness Axioms
1.2.3. The Congruence Axioms
1.2.4. The Continuity Axioms
1.2.5. The Parallelism Axiom
1.3. Countering Common Objections to the Euclidean Method
1.4. Characterizing and Reading the Euclidean Diagram: the Arithmetic Books
1.5. The Role of the Euclidean Diagram in Indirect Proof: A Special Case of "Pre-Formal" Demonstration
1.6. Euclid: Conclusion
PART 2. Wolff: The Elementa and Early Modern Mathematical Practice
2.0. Wolff: An Introduction
2.1. Euclid's Elements in the Early Modern Period
2.2. Geometry and Arithmetic in Wolff's Elementa and Other Early Modern Textbooks
2.2.1. Wolff's Mathematical Method
2.2.2. Elementa Geometriae
2.2.3. Elementa Arithmeticae
2.2.4. Early Modern Foundational Views: Descartes and Barrow on the Relationship Between Geometry and Arithmetic
2.3. Algebra and Analysis in Wolff's Elementa: The Tools that Relate Arithmetic and Geometry in the Early Modern Period
2.3.1. Viète and Descartes: The Beginnings of Analytic Geometry
2.3.2. The Construction of Equations as a Standard Topic in Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Textbooks
2.3.3. Constructing Equations in Wolff's Elementa
2.4. Wolff: Conclusion
PART 3. Kant: Mathematics in the Critique of Pure Reason
3.0. Kant: An Introduction
3.1. Pure and Empirical Intuitions
3.1.1. What is a "Pure" Intuition?
3.1.2. Two Types of Mathematical Demonstration
3.1.3. Pure Intuition and the Synthetic A Priority of Mathematical Judgments
3.1.4. Objections to the Role of Pure Intuition in Mathematical Demonstration
3.2. The "Schematism"
3.3. Algebraic Cognition
3.3.1. Kant on the "Symbolic Construction" of Mathematical Concepts
3.3.2. Shared Assumptions: The Prevailing View of Kant on "Symbolic Construction"
3.3.3. "Symbolic Construction": A New Reading
3.4. Kant: Conclusion
References
Index

Lisa Shabel is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Oho State University.