Incommensurable
31Quantité incommensurable — ● Quantité incommensurable en arithmétique, quantité qui n est pas commensurable à une autre …
32incommensurablement — incommensurable [ ɛ̃kɔmɑ̃syrabl ] adj. • 1361, rare av. XVIIIe; bas lat. incommensurabilis 1 ♦ Math. Se dit de grandeurs qui n ont pas de mesure commune, dont le rapport ne peut donner de nombre entier ni fractionnaire. ⇒ irrationnel. La racine… …
33Incommensurableness — Incommensurable In com*men su*ra*ble, a. [Pref. in not + commensurable: cf. F. incommensurable.] Not commensurable; having no common measure or standard of comparison; as, quantities are incommensurable when no third quantity can be found that is …
34Incommensurably — Incommensurable In com*men su*ra*ble, a. [Pref. in not + commensurable: cf. F. incommensurable.] Not commensurable; having no common measure or standard of comparison; as, quantities are incommensurable when no third quantity can be found that is …
35incommensurability — incommensurable ► ADJECTIVE 1) not able to be judged or measured by the same standards. 2) Mathematics (of numbers) in a ratio that cannot be expressed by means of integers. DERIVATIVES incommensurability noun …
36Greek arithmetic, geometry and harmonics: Thales to Plato — Ian Mueller INTRODUCTION: PROCLUS’ HISTORY OF GEOMETRY In a famous passage in Book VII of the Republic starting at Socrates proposes to inquire about the studies (mathēmata) needed to train the young people who will become leaders of the ideal… …
37incommensurabilité — [ ɛ̃kɔmɑ̃syrabilite ] n. f. • 1636; incommensurabletéXIVe; de incommensurable ♦ math. Caractère de ce qui est incommensurable (1o). « l incommensurabilité des côtés du triangle rectangle » (Sartre). ● incommensurabilité nom féminin Caractère de… …
38Pythagorean theorem — See also: Pythagorean trigonometric identity The Pythagorean theorem: The sum of the areas of the two squares on the legs (a and b) equals the area of the square on the hypotenuse (c) …
39Commensurability (philosophy of science) — This article is about incommensurability in the philosophy of science. For other senses of this word, see commensurability. Commensurability (contrast with incommensurability) is a concept in the philosophy of science. Scientific theories are… …
40Commensurability (ethics) — In ethics, two values (or norms, reasons, or goods) are incommensurable when they do not share a common standard of measurement. Philosophers argue over the precise nature of value incommensurability, and discussions do not always exhibit a… …
