A. N. Kolmogorov: Historian and philosopher of mathematics on the occasion of his 80th birthday

AbstractThe contributions to the philosophy and history of mathematics of one of the most eminent contemporary mathematicians, A. N. Kolmogorov, are analyzed. Although these contributions are not numerous, they contain discussions of the gradual generalization of the subject of mathematics, a partition of the development of mathematics—in particular, of the theory of probability—into periods, and, also, an evaluation of the works of a number of great savants, such as Newton, Lobatchevsky, etc