Which Variety of Realism? Some Asseverations on the Dependence of Abstracta upon Concreta
Lowe's criticism of nihilism is discussed. Nihilism seems to involve a commitment to abstract entities and Lowe used recently the Dependence Principle (DP) — abstracta depend upon concreta — in order to block reference to abstract entities: numbers are said to depend upon concreta. It will be a...
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| description | Lowe's criticism of nihilism is discussed. Nihilism seems to involve a commitment to abstract entities and Lowe used recently the Dependence Principle (DP) — abstracta depend upon concreta — in order to block reference to abstract entities: numbers are said to depend upon concreta. It will be argued that this form of arithmetical fictionalism is not harmless and that we have to evaluate the respective coast of the Platonist alternative. I will defend a form a particularized Platonism. In conclusion it will appear that we can give up the DP. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a140a0bc17b74dcea74cbe76e42a2fd32023-12-06T15:54:28ZdeuÉditions KiméPhilosophia Scientiæ1281-24631775-42832008-04-01121779110.4000/philosophiascientiae.208Which Variety of Realism? Some Asseverations on the Dependence of Abstracta upon ConcretaFrédéric NefLowe's criticism of nihilism is discussed. Nihilism seems to involve a commitment to abstract entities and Lowe used recently the Dependence Principle (DP) — abstracta depend upon concreta — in order to block reference to abstract entities: numbers are said to depend upon concreta. It will be argued that this form of arithmetical fictionalism is not harmless and that we have to evaluate the respective coast of the Platonist alternative. I will defend a form a particularized Platonism. In conclusion it will appear that we can give up the DP.http://journals.openedition.org/philosophiascientiae/208 |
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