Akribeia: Certainty and Ontology of Mathematics in Alessandro Piccolomini's De certitudine mathematicarum

Alvaro Jose Campillo Bo

Format
Hardback
Publisher
Brill
Country
NL
Published
28 March 2025
Pages
355
ISBN
9789004724136

Akribeia: Certainty and Ontology of Mathematics in Alessandro Piccolomini’s De certitudine mathematicarum

Alvaro Jose Campillo Bo

This book explores Alessandro Piccolomini's De certitudine mathematicarum (1547). It analyses the history of mathematical certainty and the ontology of mathematics delving into Piccolomini's ancient and medieval sources. It accounts for Piccolomini's Neoplatonic foundations in Proclus and Priscian, his philosophy of mechanics, and his critique of mathematical sciences.

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