Space

This volume chronicles the development of philosophical conceptions of space from early antiquity through the medieval period to the early modern era ending with Kant. The chapters describe the interactions at different moments in history between philosophy and various other disciplines especially geometry optics and natural science more generally. Central figures from the history of mathematics science and philosophy are discussed including Euclid Plato Aristotle Proclus Ibn al-Haytham Nicole Oresme Kepler Descartes Newton Leibniz Berkeley and Kant. Reflections enrich the volume by characterizing perspectives on space found in various disciplines including ecology mathematics sculpture neuroscience cultural geography art history and the history of science.