Peano and the Debate on Infinitesimals

The main aim of this paper is to put Peano’s opinion about the unacceptability of the actual infinitesimal notion into evidence. First we briefly focus on the cultural environment where Peano’s considerations originated and developed. Then we examine Peano’s article of 1892, “Dimostrazione dell’impo...

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Main Author: Paolo Freguglia
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Éditions Kimé 2021-02-01
Series:Philosophia Scientiæ
Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/philosophiascientiae/2826