Abstract:We consider Mathematics just a Quasi-Empiric theory, where, unlike the Euclidian theory, logic is used basically as a means of criticism and not exclusively of demonstration. In a theory like this, the basic channel of progress, are the controversies between the rival theories .It is then a question of putting forward, whenever it possi ble, and in a syncronic way, the origin of the concept to be studied and that of its present formalization. From this point of view, an introduction to the concept of probabili… Show more
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