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Publication of Anonymous Defense
- When
- 1736
- Where
- Unspecified
Bayes anonymously published a defense of Newton's calculus in 1736, countering Berkeley's philosophical objections to the logical foundations of fluxions.
The work, titled An Introduction to the Doctrine of Fluxions, and a Defence of the Mathematicians, was released without Bayes's name. It specifically addressed the criticisms leveled by George Berkeley, the author of The Analyst, against the mathematical methods of the time.
Sources
- Thomas Bayes Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-23
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