Catching up
The last few weeks have been very busy, but fortunately also very fruitful. I didn’t have much time for blogging, …
Author Archives: Carlo Ierna
Ehrenfels on the Concept of Number
Ehrenfels’ dissertation “Über Größenrelationen und Zahlen” is nearly always mentioned in his biographies, but never actually discussed anywhere. The main …
On Scientific Philosophy
According to a recent post by Eric Schliesser on the NewAPPS Blog, “Scientific philosophy has six characteristics”, which by and …
Year 2
Having survived the first week of the academic year, with all its openings and introductions, it is time to look …
Coffee Grinder Arithmetic
The picture at the top of this blog is a photograph of a mechanical calculator: a Walther, probably a model …
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