Sr. Realista estructural, tenemos un problema: la carga ontológica de las matemáticas
The aim of this note is to undermine structural realism by testing the soundness of its main claim. If scientific theories represent the structure of the world, structural realism needs a general account of representation. Representation is the crux of structural realism, because structure/ontology...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
2010-05-01
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| Series: | Principia: An International Journal of Epistemology |
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| Online Access: | https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/principia/article/view/19653 |
| Summary: | The aim of this note is to undermine structural realism by testing the soundness of its main claim. If scientific theories represent the structure of the world, structural realism needs a general account of representation. Representation is the crux of structural realism, because structure/ontology distinction collapses. Mathematical structures are ontologyladen. |
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| ISSN: | 1414-4247 1808-1711 |