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This paper provides a critical assessment of the most influential ideas advanced by contemporary historians of mathematics in connection with the contribution of Hermann Graßmann to the of emergence of a new type of axiomatic approach during the 19th century. My analysis uncovers an wide variety of conflicting statements concerning the objectives and relevance of Graßmann’s contributions. Based on this analysis, I argue that a renewed more careful examination of this contribution is needed.
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Radu, M. (2005). Did Hermann and Robert Graßmann Contribute to the Emergence of Formal Axiomatics?. In: Hoffmann, M.H., Lenhard, J., Seeger, F. (eds) Activity and Sign. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-24270-8_22
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