[HM] Russell and Bettazzi
David Stump (stumpd@usfca.edu)
Sun, 25 Apr 1999 23:07:13 -0700
In regard to the question of how Russell found out about Bettazzi, I
suggest looking for references to Bettazzi in Peano's work. Russell
met Peano at the 1900 congresses of mathematics and philosophy, and
started seriously reading Peano immediately after the congresses.
Presumably Bettazzi's work was better known in Italy than in
Germany and he may be cited by Peano or even appear in the
Formulario. Unfortunately I am away from my office and unable to
check Peano's (or Russell's) works conveniently. You should also
check the review Russell prepared for _Mind_ in 1901:
Russell, Bertrand. "Recent Italian Work on the Foundations of
Mathematics." Reprinted in _Towards the "Principles of
Mathematics" 1900-02_, Vol. 3 of _The Collected Papers of Bertrand
Russell_. Ed. Gregory H. Moore. London: Routledge, 1901, 1990,
pp. 350-362.
Best Wishes,
David J. Stump
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