Geometry and measurement in Otto Hölder's epistemology

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The aim of the paper is to analyze Hölder's understanding of geometry and measurement presented in Intuition and Reasoning [Hölder 1900], "The Axioms of Quantity and the Theory of Measurement" [Hölder 1901], and The Mathematical Method [Hölder 1924]. The paper explores the relations between a) Hölder's demarcation of geometry from arithmetic based on the notion of given concepts, b) his philosophical stance towards Kantian apriorism and empiricism, and c) the choice of Dedekind's continuity in the axiomatic formulation of the theory of magnitudes. The paper shows that the choices made at the axiomatic level reflect Hölder's epistemological framework, and individuates the originality of his approach in the case by case analysis of deductive procedures.

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Cantù, P. (2013). Geometry and measurement in Otto Hölder’s epistemology. In Philosophia Scientiae (Vol. 17, pp. 131–164). https://doi.org/10.4000/philosophiascientiae.832

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