Download or read book After Euclid written by Jesse Norman and published by Center for the Study of Language and Information Publica Tion. This book was released on 2006 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What does it mean to have visual intuition? Can we gain geometrical knowledge by using visual reasoning? And if we can, is it because we have a faculty of intuition? In After Euclid, Jesse Norman reexamines the ancient and long-disregarded concept of visual reasoning and reasserts its potential as a formidable tool in our ability to grasp various kinds of geometrical knowledge. The first detailed philosophical case study of its kind, this text is essential reading for scholars in the fields of mathematics and philosophy.