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Indiscrete Variations on Gian-Carlo Rota’s Themes

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I never met Gian-Carlo Rota but I have often made references to his writings on the philosophy of mathematics, sometimes agreeing, sometimes disagreeing.

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  1. Università di Roma La Sapienza, Roma, Italy

    Carlo Cellucci

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  1. Dipto Tecnologie Informatiche, Università Milano, Via Bramante, 65, 26013, Crema, Italy

    Ernesto Damiani

  2. Dipto. Informatica e Comunicazione, Università Milano, Via Comelico, 39, 20135, Milano, Italy

    Ottavio D’Antona  & Vincenzo Marra  & 

  3. Dipto. Filosofia, Università della Calabria, Ponte Bucci Cubo 18/c, 87036 Arcavacata di Rende (Cs), Cosenza, Italy

    Fabrizio Palombi

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Cellucci, C. (2009). Indiscrete Variations on Gian-Carlo Rota’s Themes. In: Damiani, E., D’Antona, O., Marra, V., Palombi, F. (eds) From Combinatorics to Philosophy. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-88753-1_12

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