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(1990) Synthese 83 (3).
Duhem's portrayal of the history of mathematics as manifesting calm and regular development is traced to his conception of mathematical rigor as an essentially static concept. This account is undermined by citing controversies over rigorous demonstration from the eighteenth and twentieth centuries.
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DOI: 10.1007/BF00413428
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Jesseph, D. (1990). Rigorous proof and the history of mathematics: comments on Crowe. Synthese 83 (3), pp. 449-453.
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