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Essay 3

Due Sep 27, 2018 by 1pm
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This essay gives up to 2 bonus points to part B of the exam. Another 1 point can be earned by peer review, and one more point by addressing and responding to the peer review comments adequately.

In what respects, and to what extent, is the following text encyclopedic? Discuss also what d'Alembert might have wanted to achieve with writing it.

Jean d'Alembert, DIFFERENTIAL, adj. Download DIFFERENTIAL, adj.

, in Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, 1751–1772. Taken from William Ewald, From Kant to Hilbert: A Source Book in the Foundations of Mathematics, Vol. I, Oxford University Press 1996.