Akribeia: Certainty and Ontology of Mathematics in Alessandro Piccolomini’s de Certitudine Mathematicarum

This book explores Alessandro Piccolomini’s De certitudine mathematicarum (1547). It analyses the history of mathematical certainty and the ontology of mathematics delving into Piccolomini’s ancient and medieval sources. It accounts for Piccolomini’s Neoplatonic foundations in Proclus and Priscian, his philosophy of mechanics, and his critique of mathematical sciences.