| Titre | Exempli gratia : to make an example of the Greeks | |
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| Auteur | Geoffrey Lloyd | |
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Revue | Extrême-Orient, Extrême-Occident |
| Numéro | no 19, 1997 La valeur de l'exemple. Perspectives chinoises | |
| Rubrique / Thématique | III. Regards extérieurs |
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| Page | 139-151 | |
| Résumé anglais |
All possible functions fulfilled by instances can be found both in China and in Greece. However, a given social practice of knowledge went along with the development, in Greece, of a singular formal analysis of reasoning based on examples. Initiated by Plato and completed by Aristotle, this analysis downgraded such reasoning in two ways with regard to proofs. The axiomatico-deductive organisation of knowledge in Euclid and Archimedes that echoes this demand masks the fact that the mathematical burden of proof still bears on particular figures. A new contrast is thus drawn between Greek and Chinese mathematical traditions, with respect to the various ways of managing the example. Source : Éditeur (via Persée) |
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| Article en ligne | http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/oroc_0754-5010_1997_num_19_19_1037 |
