Introduction to the English translation of « Il significato della critica dei principi »
Abstract
In this article, Enriques focuses on the critique of principles and their role in the development of mathematics, a role whose analysis and understanding are inseparable from the adoption of a historical perspective. The questioning and reworking of fundamental concepts emerge as one of the essential components of mathematical progress, providing it with ever more refined and profound tools.
Keywords
continuum
Enriques
foundations
geometry
imaginary numbers
infinitesimals
mathematical progress
Riemann surface
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Patras, F. (2025). Introduction to the English translation of « Il significato della critica dei principi ». M×Φ — Annals of Mathematics and Philosophy, 3(1), 117–118.
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