Re: Cantorian pseudomathematics

In article <42lb4mF1j3vr2U4@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
"Robert J. Kolker" <nowhere@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> The World Wide Wade wrote:
> >
> >
> > You wrote that "Berkely issued a similar diatribe against Newton
> > and his fluxions and infinitesimal quantities. Totally
> > ridiculous." It was not a diatribe, and it was far from
> > ridiculous. It was trenchant criticism. Berkeley was of course
> > well aware of the power of the calculus in physics.
>
> "Of course"? Where does the Bishop showed that he grasped Newton's
> system of physics? In what writings? Can you give a citation?

You are obviously not very familiar with Berkeley (which hasn't
prevented you from declaring his critiques "diatribes" or
"ridiculous"). You could get acquainted with some of his thinking
by looking at _The Analyst_, which is here:

http://www.maths.tcd.ie/pub/HistMath/People/Berkeley/Analyst/Analy
st.html#Sect36
.

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