Knowledge, Cause, and Abstract Objects : Causal Objections to Platonism / by Colin Cheyne

Englisch

Dordrecht : Springer, 2001

Online-Ressource (XVII, 240 p) : digital

Erscheint auch als (Druck-Ausgabe) : ISBN 9789048158362

Erscheint auch als (Druck-Ausgabe) : ISBN 9781402000515

Erscheint auch als (Druck-Ausgabe) : ISBN 9789401597487

978-94-015-9747-0

Weitere Ausgaben: 978-90-481-5836-2 (Druckausgabe)

DOI: 10.1007/978-94-015-9747-0

*Philosophy (General) ; Genetic epistemology ; Philosophy of law ; Science -- Philosophy ; Epistemology. ; Philosophy and science. ; Political science. ; Metaphysics ; Ontology ; Knowledge, Theory of. ; Science—Philosophy. ; Law—Philosophy.

Klassifikation der Library of Congress: B65

Dewey Dezimal-Klassifikation: 340.1;

Book Industry Communication: LAB

bisacsh: PHI021000

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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