Dimitry Gawronsky: Reality and Actual Infinitesimals
| Autor: | Hernán Pringe |
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| Rok vydání: | 2023 |
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| Zdroj: | Kant-Studien. 114:68-97 |
| ISSN: | 1613-1134 0022-8877 |
| DOI: | 10.1515/kant-2023-2012 |
| Popis: | The aim of this paper is to analyze Dimitry Gawronsky’s doctrine of actual infinitesimals. I examine the peculiar connection that his critical idealism establishes between transcendental philosophy and mathematics. In particular, I reconstruct the relationship between Gawronsky’s differentials, Cantor’s transfinite numbers, Veronese’s trans-Archimedean numbers and Robinson’s hyperreal numbers. I argue that by means of his doctrine of actual infinitesimals, Gawronsky aims to provide an interpretation of calculus that eliminates any alleged given element in knowledge. |
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