Sr. Realista estructural, tenemos un problema: la carga ontológica de las matemáticas

Vol 14, No 2 (2010) • Principia: an international journal of epistemology

Autor: Carlos M. Madrid Casado

Abstract:

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.

ISSN: 1414-4217

DOI: DOI:10.5007/1808-1711.2010v14n2p201

Texto Completo: https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/principia/article/view/1808-1711.2010v14n2p201/17952

Palavras-Chave: Structural realism; scientific representation

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