This paper does not aim to show how to understand Wittgenstein, nor is it about whether Rorty und... more This paper does not aim to show how to understand Wittgenstein, nor is it about whether Rorty understood Wittgenstein which, I believe, would be very anti-Rortyan. I don't think that 'understanding Wittgenstein properly' is something Rorty pursued or took an interest in. What Rorty did, instead, was to reconstruct Wittgenstein's ideas to advocate his pragmatist political position. In other words, I will take into account what Rorty had to learn from Wittgenstein to support his own views.
This paper discusses Kant’s conception of mathematics in a more general scope of the eighteenth c... more This paper discusses Kant’s conception of mathematics in a more general scope of the eighteenth century mathematics, in an attempt to understand one of the new emerging branches of mathematics of the time, i.e., Graph Theory, from a Kantian point of view.
Philhist 15: Proceedings of Interactions in the History of Philosophy Conference, 2015
Infinity, which is by nature a highly elusive concept, and in a way, the most elusive concept of ... more Infinity, which is by nature a highly elusive concept, and in a way, the most elusive concept of all, has been a matter for merely mythological and cosmological consideration. It is due to Anaximander, the Pythagoreans and Zeno of Elea that the notion was gradually put into a more rational and “mathematical” perspective, and ultimately gained its first systematic analysis with Aristotle. Here, by “mathematical”, I mean the Aristotelian account of infinity which was implemented in the work of the Greek mathematicians. The Aristotelian analysis of the notion predominated the Western thought until the set-theoretic approach emerged. Although, infinity is now purified from its once-accepted cosmological connotations, it still seems that the discovery of the true nature of the notion can never be attained from a purely mechanical and materialistic viewpoint. In this paper, I investigate the views on infinity from the Greek period up until today, highlighting certain mathematicians and thinkers who made the most remarkable and intriguing contributions to the matter.
This paper does not aim to show how to understand Wittgenstein, nor is it about whether Rorty und... more This paper does not aim to show how to understand Wittgenstein, nor is it about whether Rorty understood Wittgenstein which, I believe, would be very anti-Rortyan. I don't think that 'understanding Wittgenstein properly' is something Rorty pursued or took an interest in. What Rorty did, instead, was to reconstruct Wittgenstein's ideas to advocate his pragmatist political position. In other words, I will take into account what Rorty had to learn from Wittgenstein to support his own views.
This paper discusses Kant’s conception of mathematics in a more general scope of the eighteenth c... more This paper discusses Kant’s conception of mathematics in a more general scope of the eighteenth century mathematics, in an attempt to understand one of the new emerging branches of mathematics of the time, i.e., Graph Theory, from a Kantian point of view.
Philhist 15: Proceedings of Interactions in the History of Philosophy Conference, 2015
Infinity, which is by nature a highly elusive concept, and in a way, the most elusive concept of ... more Infinity, which is by nature a highly elusive concept, and in a way, the most elusive concept of all, has been a matter for merely mythological and cosmological consideration. It is due to Anaximander, the Pythagoreans and Zeno of Elea that the notion was gradually put into a more rational and “mathematical” perspective, and ultimately gained its first systematic analysis with Aristotle. Here, by “mathematical”, I mean the Aristotelian account of infinity which was implemented in the work of the Greek mathematicians. The Aristotelian analysis of the notion predominated the Western thought until the set-theoretic approach emerged. Although, infinity is now purified from its once-accepted cosmological connotations, it still seems that the discovery of the true nature of the notion can never be attained from a purely mechanical and materialistic viewpoint. In this paper, I investigate the views on infinity from the Greek period up until today, highlighting certain mathematicians and thinkers who made the most remarkable and intriguing contributions to the matter.
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