Deflating Existential Consequence A Case for Nominalism【電子書籍】[ Jody Azzouni ]

＜p＞If we must take mathematical statements to be true, must we also believe in the existence of ＜em＞abstracta＜/em＞ eternal invisible mathematical objects accessible only by the power of pure thought? Jody Azzouni says no, and he claims that the way to escape such commitments is to accept (as an essential part of scientific doctrine) true statements which are about objects that don't exist in any sense at all. Azzouni illustrates what the metaphysical landscape looks like once we avoid a militant Realism which forces our commitment to anything that our theories quantify. Escaping metaphysical straitjackets (such as the correspondence theory of truth), while retaining the insight that ＜em＞some＜/em＞ truths are about objects that ＜em＞do＜/em＞ exist, Azzouni says that we can sort scientifically-given objects into two categories: ones which exist, and to which we forge instrumental access in order to learn their properties, and ones which do not, that is, which are made up in exactly the same．．．楽天市場のショップで商品詳細の続きを見る