Hans Reichenbach Quote

We must... maintain that mathematical geometry is not a science of space insofar as we understand by space a visual structure that can be filled with objects - it is a pure theory of manifolds.


The Philosophy of Space and Time (1928, tr. 1957)


We must... maintain that mathematical geometry is not a science of space insofar as we understand by space a visual structure that can be filled with ...

We must... maintain that mathematical geometry is not a science of space insofar as we understand by space a visual structure that can be filled with ...

We must... maintain that mathematical geometry is not a science of space insofar as we understand by space a visual structure that can be filled with ...

We must... maintain that mathematical geometry is not a science of space insofar as we understand by space a visual structure that can be filled with ...