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Claudio Ternullo e Vincenzo Fano, "L'infinito. Filosofia, matematica, fisica", Carocci Editore, Roma, 2021, pp. 160
Morganti, Matteo
2022
Abstract
Against a decidedly conspicuous academic output on infinity, there are few texts of a purely philosophical nature. Mostly, in fact, works written by mathematicians and physicists with a keen interest in the history of philosophy but no specific background are available. And this is especially true for literature in Italian: as much for books that have become available in translation in recent times (to give just two examples, Barrow (2006) and Aczel (2015)) as for texts originally in Italian (think of the recently reissued classics by Zellini (1980) and Lombardo Radice (1981), or the more recent Bottazzini (2018) and Benci-Freguglia (2019)). Therefore, the publication of this work on infinity, written by two Italian philosophers in four hands, cannot but be greeted with great pleasure; although they themselves privilege themes and issues of a mathematical nature, they excellently frame the theme of infinity in a broader historical and conceptual context, in the writer's opinion indispensable for an effective understanding. Infinity. Philosophy, Mathematics, Physics goes, in other words, to add to a rich list of works on this fascinating subject, but provides the reader with at least a somewhat different point of view, characterized above all by greater comprehensiveness and a better general philosophical framing of the various issues dealt with. Regardless of minimal flaws and shortcomings, which I will try to point out in the course of this critical reading, the result is undoubtedly excellent, both from the point of view of usefulness for the - always hypothetical - 'average reader' and in terms of its ability to examine more complex issues and more recent lines of research for the use of readers who are more knowledgeable or more willing to reread certain passages and deepen specific notions through additional readings.
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APhEx
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EUT Edizioni Università di Trieste
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Matteo Morganti, "Claudio Ternullo e Vincenzo Fano, L'infinito. Filosofia, matematica, fisica", Carocci Editore, Roma, 2021, pp. 160, in "APhEx 25", 2022, pp. 11
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