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Knowledge, Cause, and Abstract Objects
Colin Cheyne
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Paperback. Series: The Western Ontario Series in Philosophy of Science. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPK; LAB; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 370.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Series
The Western Ontario Series in Philosophy of Science
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789048158362
SKU
V9789048158362
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