History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps HoP 361 - The Measure of All Things - Renaissance Mathematics and Art
Dec 6, 2020
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A Family Steeped In Numbers
- Peter Adamson describes a family full of mathematicians and engineers across generations.
- He uses this personal background to explain his ambivalent relation to mathematics.
Math As The Model Of Certainty
- Renaissance thinkers regarded mathematics as the paradigm of certain, rigorous knowledge.
- Giovanni Battista Benedetti even titled a work 'On Mathematical Philosophy' to stress that point.
Recovering Ancient Mathematics
- Humanists prioritized recovering ancient mathematical texts and celebrated printed editions.
- They framed this recovery as restoring mathematics from a state of neglect.