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The Oxford Calculators’ Middle Degree Theorem in Context

In: Early Science and Medicine
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Edith Dudley Sylla
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01 Jan 2010
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The core Oxford Calculators (here William Heytesbury, John Dumbleton, and Richard Swineshead) developed a science of kinematics in which the key concept was the “latitude of velocity.” Based upon the concept of “latitude,” the Calculators developed parts of a mathematical physics in deductive format that could be applied to quite various situations.

Title:
The Oxford Calculators’ Middle Degree Theorem in Context
Article Type:
Research Article
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1163/157338210X516251
Language:
English
Pages:
338–370
Keywords:
latitude of velocity; Aristotelian mathematical science; middle degree theorem; Thomas Bradwardine; William Heytesbury; John Dumbleton; Richard Swineshead; disputations; sophismata; ontological minimalism
In:
Early Science and Medicine
In:
Volume 15: Issue 4-5
Publisher:
Brill
E-ISSN:
1573-3823
Print ISSN:
1383-7427
Subjects:
History of Science, History, History of Medicine

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