Knowledge, Cause, and Abstract Objects

Name: Knowledge, Cause, and Abstract Objects
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Causal Objections to Platonism

Autor: C. Cheyne

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According to platonists, entities such as numbers, sets, propositions and properties are abstract ob...

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Autor

C. Cheyne

Język

Angielski

Oprawa

Książka - Miękka

Data wydania

2010

strony

240

EAN

9789048158362

ISBN

9048158362

Enbook ID

01974350

Wydawca

Springer

Waga

421

Wymiary

160 x 240 x 15

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According to platonists, entities such as numbers, sets, propositions and properties are abstract objects. But abstract objects lack causal powers and a location in space and time, so how could we ever come to know of the existence of such impotent and remote objects? In Knowledge, Cause, and Abstract Objects, Colin Cheyne presents the first systematic and detailed account of this epistemological objection to the platonist doctrine that abstract objects exist and can be known. Since mathematics has such a central role in the acquisition of scientific knowledge, he concentrates on mathematical platonism. He also concentrates on our knowledge of what exists, and argues for a causal constraint on such existential knowledge. Finally, he exposes the weaknesses of recent attempts by platonists to account for our supposed platonic knowledge.§This book will be of particular interest to researchers and advanced students of epistemology and of the philosophy of mathematics and science. It will also be of interest to all philosophers with a general interest in metaphysics and ontology.

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