By Fabrizio Palombi
The big name and the total: Gian-Carlo Rota on arithmetic and Phenomenology, authored by way of Fabrizio Palombi, is the 1st ebook to review Rota’s philosophical mirrored image. Rota (1932–1999) used to be a number one determine in modern arithmetic and an excellent thinker, encouraged by means of phenomenology, who made basic contributions to combinatorial research, and knowledgeable numerous generations of mathematicians in his lengthy occupation on the Massachusetts Institute of expertise (MIT) and the Los Alamos nationwide Laboratory.
The first bankruptcy of the booklet reconstructs Rota’s cultural biography and examines his philosophical variety, his criticisms of analytical philosophy, and his mirrored image on Heidegger’s inspiration. the second one bankruptcy provides a normal photo of Rota’s re-elaboration of phenomenology tested within the gentle of the Husserlian proposal of Fundierung. This bankruptcy additionally illustrates how the star-shape turns into a strong tool for figuring out the homes of Husserl’s mereology and the critique of objectivism. The 3rd bankruptcy is a theoretical mirrored image at the nature of mathematical entities, and the fourth examines the complicated relation of mathematical study with technological applicability and clinical growth. The foreword of the textual content is written through Robert Sokolowski.
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