Carlo Veronesi
Università di Verona, Dipartimento di Scienze Umane, Department Member
- Storia Della Fisica, Filosofia Della Matematica, Storia Della Matematica, Epistemology of Mathematics, Albert Einstein, Scientific Divulgation, and 46 moreDivulgazione Della Matematica E Delle Sue Applicazioni, Thomas S. Kuhn, Ontologia, Science Popularization, Science Communication, Physics and philosophy, Mathematical Platonism, Two Cultures, Scientific Revolutions, Philosophy of Mathematical Practice, Philosophy of Mathematics Education, General Philosophy of Science, Critical Rationalism, Mathematical Ontology, Philosophy of Physics, Demarcation, Demarcation Problem, Letteratura E Scienza, Comunicazione Della Scienza, Physics Education, Física, Philosophy of Time, History of Science, Epistemologia, Filosofia, Filosofía, Historical Epistemology, Philosophy and history of science, Philosophy of Science, Epistemology, Matematica, Philosophy Of Probability, History and Philosophy of Physics, Mathematics Education, Philosophy Of Mathematics, Scientific Progress, Karl Popper, Imre Lakatos, Filosofia Della Scienza, Pseudoscience, Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Mind (the hard problem of consciousness), Filosofia Scientifica, Federigo Enriques, Physics, and Philosophyedit
- I am currently Expert of Logic and Philosophy of Science at the Department of Human Sciences of the University of V... moreI am currently Expert of Logic and Philosophy of Science at the Department of Human Sciences of the University of Verona. I taught Epistemology and History of Mathematics in post-graduate courses for teachers at the University of Pavia and the University of Parma. I also taught Mathematics and Physics in upper secundary schools.edit
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In a BBC radio programme Popper acknowledged his debt to Einstein saying that Einstein’s influence on his thinking was immense and that he mainly made explicit certain points that were implicit in the work of Einstein. In fact, in... more
In a BBC radio programme Popper acknowledged his debt to Einstein saying that Einstein’s influence on his thinking was immense and that he mainly made explicit certain points that were implicit in the work of Einstein. In fact, in various writings Einstein presents his critical attitude toward any scientific theory: of particular interest is Einstein’s article «Induktion und Deduktion in der Physik» (1919) that can be considered a concentrate of Popper’s views of science. In the second part of the paper are presented the views of Popper on quantum mechanics and his defense of objectivity and realism. Popper opposes the idea, which he associates with the Copenhagen interpretation, that the theories describing quantum phenomena are about the subjective states of the human observers. Following the lead of Einstein, Popper emphasizes that scientific theories should be interpreted as attempts to describe a mind-independent reality.
Research Interests: Philosophy, Epistemology, Philosophy of Science, Philosophy Of Mathematics, Foundations of Quantum Mechanics, and 28 moreHistory of Science, Physics and philosophy, History and Philosophy of Physics, General Philosophy of Science, Physics Education, Imre Lakatos, Karl Popper, Albert Einstein, Filosofía de la Ciencia, Filosofía, Philosophy of science and mathematic, Science Popularization, Scientific Divulgation, Popularisation of Science, Niels Bohr, Storia della Filosofia, Storia della Filosofia Contemporanea, Filosofia Della Scienza, Storia Della Matematica, Storia Della Scienza, Critical Rationalism, Fisica e meccanica quantistica, Filosofia Della Matematica, Storia Della Fisica, Epistemology of Physics, Filosofia, Filosofia della natura e della scienza, and Filosofia Della Fisica
Research Interests: Philosophy of Science, History of Science, Philosophy of Space, General Philosophy of Science, Immanuel Kant, and 14 moreSpace and Time (Philosophy), Science Popularization, PHILOSOPHY OF SPACE AND TIME, Storia della Filosofia, Storia della Filosofia Contemporanea, Didattica Della Matematica, Filosofia Della Scienza, Storia Della Matematica, Storia Della Scienza, Filosofia Della Matematica, Storia Della Fisica, Didattica Della Fisica, Filosofia dello spazio, and storia e filosofia della scienza
A scientific theory must be falsifiable, and scientific knowledge is always tentative, or conjectural. These are the main ideas of Popper’s Logic of Scientific Discovery. Since 1960 his writings contain some essential developments of... more
A scientific theory must be falsifiable, and scientific knowledge is always tentative, or conjectural. These are the main ideas of Popper’s Logic of Scientific Discovery. Since 1960 his writings contain some essential developments of these views and make some steps towards epistemological optimism. Although we cannot justify any claim that a scientific theory is true, the aim of science is the search of truth and we have no reason to be sceptical about the notion of getting nearer to the truth. Our knowledge can grow, and science can progress. Nevertheless, Popper’s theory of approximation to the truth is problematic and is still the subject of studies and discussions.
Research Interests: Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Physics, Physics and philosophy, History of Philosophy of Science, General Philosophy of Science, and 15 morePseudoscience, Karl Popper, Demarcation, Skepticism, Scientific methodology, Epistemología, Filosofía, Philosophy of science and mathematic, Epistemologia, Fisica, Demarcation Problem, Scientific Progress, Filosofia Della Scienza, Critical Rationalism, and Fisica e meccanica quantistica
Research Interests: Philosophy, Epistemology, Philosophy of Science, History of Science, History and Philosophy of Physics, and 15 moreGeneral Philosophy of Science, Karl Popper, Thomas S. Kuhn, Filosofía de la Ciencia, Filosofía, Epistemologia, Storia della Filosofia, Filosofia Della Scienza, Philosophy and history of science, Storia Della Matematica, Storia Della Scienza, Critical Rationalism, Storia Della Fisica, Epistemología Evolutiva, and Filosofia
Research Interests: Epistemology, Philosophy of Science, Philosophy Of Mathematics, History of Science, Physics and philosophy, and 15 moreHistory and Philosophy of Physics, Philosophy Of Probability, David Hume, Karl Popper, History and Philosophy of the Human Sciences, Albert Einstein, Matematica, Storia della Filosofia, Filosofia Della Scienza, Philosophy and history of science, Storia Della Scienza, Critical Rationalism, Storia Della Fisica, Filosofia, and Epistemology of probability
Research Interests: Music, Musicology, Philosophy, Philosophy of Science, Physics and philosophy, and 15 moreHistory and Philosophy of Physics, History of music, Musica, Música, Fisica, Storia della Filosofia, Storia della musica, History of Philosophy, Filosofia Della Scienza, Philosophy and history of science, Storia Della Scienza, Storia Della Fisica, Armonia, Storia Dell'astronomia, and storia e filosofia della scienza
Research Interests: Philosophy, Epistemology, Philosophy of Science, History of Science, Physics and philosophy, and 15 moreHistory and Philosophy of Physics, Philosophy of Time, Physics Education, Filosofia De Las Ciencias, Albert Einstein, Física, Filosofía, Scientific Divulgation, Fisica, History of Physics, History and Philosophy of Physics, History and Philosophy of Modern Physics, Storia della Filosofia, Filosofia Della Scienza, Storia Della Scienza, and History and Philosophy of Science
Research Interests: Epistemology, 17th Century & Early Modern Philosophy, History of Science, Physics and philosophy, History and Philosophy of Physics, and 15 more17th-Century Studies, Metaphor, History of Physics, Comunicación y divulgación de la ciencia, Storia della Filosofia, Filosofia Della Scienza, Storia Della Matematica, Storia Della Scienza, Storia Della Fisica, Arte E Scienza, History and Philosophy of Science, Filosofia della natura e della scienza, Filosofia Scientifica, storia e filosofia della scienza, and Filosofia e scienza
Research Interests: Epistemology, Philosophy of Science, History of Science, Physics and philosophy, History and Philosophy of Physics, and 13 moreGeneral Philosophy of Science, Pseudoscience, Karl Popper, Demarcation, Demarcation Problem, Storia della Filosofia, Filosofia Della Scienza, Philosophy and history of science, Storia Della Scienza, Critical Rationalism, History and Philosophy of Science, storia e filosofia della scienza, and storia della filosofia conemporanea
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Research Interests: Cultural History, Art History, History of Mathematics, History of Science, Philosophy of Art, and 23 morePhilosophy of Mathematics Education, History of Art, Italian Renaissance Art, Leonardo da Vinci, Matematica, STORIA DELL'ARTE, Rinascimento, History of Mantova, Gonzaga family, The Gonzaga of Mantua, Filosofia Della Scienza, Storia Della Matematica, Storia Della Scienza, Sezione Aurea, Isabella d'Este, Storia Della Fisica, Luca Pacioli, Arte Del Rinascimento, Corrispondenti di Isabella d'Este, Storia del Rinascimento, Storia di Mantova, Teoria Dei Giochi, and History of Mantua
Leon Battista Alberti ha lasciato la sua impronta quasi in ogni campo del sapere; fu architetto e teorico delle arti, latinista e filosofo, cultore di musica e di matematica. Ma si deve ricordare anche il suo fondamentale contributo in... more
Leon Battista Alberti ha lasciato la sua impronta quasi in ogni campo del sapere; fu architetto e teorico delle arti, latinista e filosofo, cultore di musica e di matematica. Ma si deve ricordare anche il suo fondamentale contributo in un campo meno noto, quello della crittografia, cioè dell'arte di nascondere i messaggi. L'Alberti inventò un metodo per generare messaggi criptati, con l'aiuto di un disco cifrante, che ha segnato una svolta rispetto ai metodi di cifratura in uso ai suoi tempi e che è stato un punto di riferimento per la crittografia dei secoli a venire, fino quasi ai nostri giorni.
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Research Interests: History of Science, Physics and philosophy, Intellectual History of Enlightenment, History of Physics, Gender and Science, and 15 more17th- and 18th-century Philosophy, Women and Culture, Women and Gender Studies, Women in Science, Isaac Newton, Letteratura italiana, Storia moderna, Francesco Algarotti, Women and Science, Illuminismo italiano, Filosofia Della Scienza, Storia Della Scienza, Storia Delle Donne, Emilie Du Chatelet, and Storia Della Fisica
Research Interests: Philosophy, Philosophy of Science, 17th Century & Early Modern Philosophy, History of Science, History and Philosophy of Physics, and 32 more17th-Century Studies, General Philosophy of Science, Physics Education, Karl Popper, 17th century Europe, Albert Einstein, Filosofía, Letteratura italiana moderna e contemporanea, Scientific Divulgation, Fisica, Italian Risorgimento, Letteratura italiana, Ippolito Nievo, Storia della Filosofia, Letteratura Italiana Dell'800 E '900, Lettere e Filosofia, Filosofia Della Scienza, Philosophy and history of science, Storia della letteratura italiana, Storia Della Matematica, Storia Della Scienza, Letteratura E Scienza, Storia Del Risorgimento, Storia Della Fisica, Comunicazione Della Scienza, Scienza E Letteratura, Filosofia, Didattica Della Fisica, History and Philosophy of Science, Filosofia delle scienze, Filosofia della natura e della scienza, and Metodologia e didattica della Letteratura italiana
Research Interests: Science Fiction, Philosophy of Time, Science Fiction and Fantasy, Time Travel, Filosofía, and 15 moreLetteratura italiana moderna e contemporanea, Letteratura, Jules Verne, Italian Risorgimento, Letteratura italiana, History of Italian Risorgimento, Ippolito Nievo, Filosofia Della Scienza, Storia Della Scienza, Letteratura E Scienza, Storia Del Risorgimento, Storia D'Italia, Letteratura fantastica, Fantascienza, and Viaggi nel tempo
Research Interests: History of Science and Technology, Epistemology, Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Physics, Physics and philosophy, and 23 moreGeneral Philosophy of Science, Physics Education, Albert Einstein, Física, Epistemología, Philosophy of science and mathematic, Science Popularization, Scientific Divulgation, Letteratura italiana, Filosofia Della Scienza, Storia della letteratura italiana, Storia Della Matematica, Storia Della Scienza, Didattica Della Filosofia, Letteratura E Scienza, Filosofia Della Matematica, Storia Della Fisica, Comunicazione Della Scienza, Epistemology of Physics, Scienza E Letteratura, Filosofia delle scienze, Filosofia della natura e della scienza, and Filosofia Scientifica
Research Interests: Philosophy, Philosophy of Science, Plato, History of Mathematics, Philosophy Of Mathematics, and 15 moreHistory of Science, Plato and Platonism, Mathematical intuition, Matematica, Filosofía, Philosophy of science and mathematic, Scientific Divulgation, Platone, Didattica Della Matematica, Divulgazione Della Matematica E Delle Sue Applicazioni, Mathematical Platonism, Mathematical Ontology, Storia Della Matematica, Filosofia Della Matematica, and Filosofia
Research Interests: Teacher Education, Mathematics Education, Philosophy of Mathematics Education, Teacher Training, Mathematics Teacher Education, and 15 moreDidactics of Mathematics, Filosofía, History in Mathematics Education, History and pedagogy of mathematics, Mathematics, Didactics of Mathematics, Mathematics Education, History of Mantova, Matemática, Storia della Filosofia, Didattica Della Matematica, Filosofia Della Scienza, Storia Della Matematica, Storia Della Scienza, Storia Della Fisica, Storia di Mantova, and History of Mantua
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Research Interests: Epistemology, Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Physics, Science Communication, Science Education, and 33 morePhilosophy Of Mathematics, Interdisciplinarity, Mathematics Education, Critical Pedagogy, Physics and philosophy, History and Philosophy of Physics, Philosophy of Mathematics Education, History of Physics, General Philosophy of Science, Imre Lakatos, Karl Popper, Thomas S. Kuhn, Scientific method & Education, Albert Einstein, Communication sciences, Filosofía, Philosophy of science and mathematic, Science Popularization, Scientific Divulgation, Epistemologia, Fisica, Federigo Enriques, Didattica, Educational philosophy of Karl Popper, Falsificationism, Didattica Della Matematica, Filosofia dell'educazione, Filosofia Della Scienza, Storia Della Scienza, Critical Rationalism, Storia Della Fisica, Filosofia, and Didattica Delle Discipline Scientifiche
Research Interests: Mathematics, Ontology, Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Physics, Science Communication, and 28 morePhilosophy Of Mathematics, Physics and philosophy, Mathematical Modelling, Plato and Platonism, Thomas S. Kuhn, Matematica, Popular Science, Philosophy of science and mathematic, Scientific Divulgation, Epistemologia, Popularisation of Science, Ontologia, Indispensability Arguments, Fictionalism, Hartry Field, Mathematical Philosophy, Didattica Della Matematica, Divulgazione Della Matematica E Delle Sue Applicazioni, Mathematical Platonism, Filosofia Della Scienza, Mathematical Ontology, Storia Della Matematica, Storia Della Scienza, Filosofia Della Matematica, Platonismo, Storia Della Fisica, Didattica Delle Discipline Scientifiche, and Platonism Vs Fictionalism
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Research Interests: History of Electrical Engineering, Italian Risorgimento, History of Electricity, History of Italian Risorgimento, History of Engineering, and 9 moreStoria dell'Italia contemporanea, Storia Della Tecnologia, Storia Della Scienza, Storia dell'ingegneria, Storia Del Risorgimento, Storia Dell'Italia Unita, Storia Della Fisica, Storia dell'industria, and Storia del risorgimento italiano
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La filosofia della scienza è una disciplina di confine fra materie scientifiche e materie umanistiche. Vogliamo presentarla ai lettori de La Reggia facendo riferimento all'opera di uno studioso mantovano, il professor Vittorio Somenzi,... more
La filosofia della scienza è una disciplina di confine fra materie scientifiche e materie umanistiche. Vogliamo presentarla ai lettori de La Reggia facendo riferimento all'opera di uno studioso mantovano, il professor Vittorio Somenzi, che fu titolare della prima cattedra universitaria di filosofia della scienza all'Università di Roma
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Research Interests: Epistemology, Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Biology, History of Science, History and Philosophy of Biology, and 15 moreCultural Evolution, Karl Popper, Evolutionary Epistemology, History and Philosophy of the Human Sciences, Filosofía Política, Charles Darwin, Epistemologia, Evoluzionismo, Storia della Filosofia, Filosofia morale, Epistemologia, Filosofia del linguaggio, Filosofia Morale, Filosofia Della Scienza, Storia Della Scienza, Filosofia, and Filosofia Della Biologia
Lettera matematica Pristem, 2004
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According to Popper, mathematical objets are human creations: once created, they have properties which we have great difficulty in discovering and which are possessed indipendently of our knowledge of them. In this way, Popper overcomes... more
According to Popper, mathematical objets are human creations: once created, they have properties which we have great difficulty in discovering and which are possessed indipendently of our knowledge of them. In this way, Popper overcomes the traditional dichotomy betweeen discovery and creation in mathematical experience. Mereover, Popper answers another question: how mathematics, which is our creation, so often turns out to be useful in describing aspects of the physical world.
Research Interests: Philosophy Of Mathematics, Philosophy of Mathematics Education, General Philosophy of Science, Karl Popper, Demarcation, and 10 moreTheory of Knowledge, Matematica, Demarcation Problem, Popper, Mathematical Philosophy, Educational philosophy of Karl Popper, Filosofia Della Scienza, Epistemology of Mathematics, Storia Della Scienza, and Critical Rationalism
In this paper we analyse the philosophy of mathematics developed by Imre Lakatos. In his view mathematics is fallible and its products, including concepts and proofs, can never be considered final or perfect, but may require adjustments... more
In this paper we analyse the philosophy of mathematics developed by Imre Lakatos. In his view mathematics is fallible and its products, including concepts and proofs, can never be considered final or perfect, but may require adjustments when standards of rigour change, or new meanings emerge. The logic of mathematical discovery involves the method of conjectures, proofs and refutations. Moreover, final attempts of refutations may be starting points of mathematical research programmes. At the end of the paper we present Lakatos' view that the most interesting analysis of Greek geometry were pre-Euclidean and their role was to generate Euclid's axiomatic system.
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Research Interests: Philosophy, Epistemology, History of Mathematics, Philosophy Of Mathematics, Mathematics Education, and 14 morePhilosophy of Mathematics Education, Platonism, Filosofia De Las Ciencias, Filosofía, Storia della Filosofia, Educational philosophy of Karl Popper, Didattica Della Matematica, Mathematical Platonism, Filosofia Della Scienza, Storia Della Matematica, Storia Della Scienza, Filosofia Della Matematica, Platonismo, and Filosofia
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In this paper the author describes Enriques' ideas on the concept of space and on the relations between geometry and physics. Enriques criticized the views of Kant and Poincaré, considered geometry as an empirical science and anticipated... more
In this paper the author describes Enriques' ideas on the concept of space and on the relations between geometry and physics. Enriques criticized the views of Kant and Poincaré, considered geometry as an empirical science and anticipated some aspects of recent epistemology
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An interesting article by Gila Hanna summarizes the recent debate on the value of proof. The author of this paper remarks that an analogous discussion arose in Italy after the pubblication of Morris Kline's work: "Mathematics. The Loss... more
An interesting article by Gila Hanna summarizes the recent debate on the value of proof. The author of this paper remarks that an analogous discussion arose in Italy after the pubblication of Morris Kline's work: "Mathematics. The Loss of Certianty". In the second part of the paper are considered the views of Popper and Lakatos on the explanatory power of mathematical proofs and are presented some reflections about the teaching in the classroom.