Article ID: CBB323676635

Francisco Sánchez and the Quaestio de certitudine mathematicarum: A sceptical approach (2022)

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In this paper I analyse Francisco Sánchez’s role in the Quaestio de certitudine mathematicarum debate. Despite some studies on the philosophical and medical scepticism of Sánchez and, his extant letter with Christopher Clavius, a participant in the debate, we have few analyses about Sánchez’s position regarding the certainty of mathematics. Sánchez discussed some problems that Clavius analysed in his Prolegomena to propose an empirical basis for mathematics through a questioning of its certainty. I will trace the conceptual connections between Sánchez’s 1589 letter to Clavius and the Quaestio debate, to introduce Sánchez’s sceptical approach to analysing the certainty of mathematics.

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Authors & Contributors
Palomo, Miguel
Joaquín Guerola Olivares
Udías, Agustín
Tybjerg, Karin
Smolarski, Dennis C.
Siegmund-Schultze, Reinhard
Concepts
Mathematics
Correspondence and corresponding
Controversies and disputes
Astronomy
Arab/Islamic world, civilization and culture
Geometry
Time Periods
16th century
18th century
17th century
Renaissance
Early modern
Medieval
Places
Italy
Europe
Mediterranean region
France
Belgium
Berlin (Germany)
Institutions
Jesuits (Society of Jesus)
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