On the Concepts of Function and Dependence
This paper briefly traces the evolution of the function concept until its modern settheoretic definition, and then investigates its relationship to the pre-formal notion of variable dependence. I shall argue that the common association of pre-formal dependence with the modern function concept is mis...
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| Language: | English |
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Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
2015-09-01
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| Series: | Principia: An International Journal of Epistemology |
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| Online Access: | https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/principia/article/view/35580 |