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

Authors

  • Carlos M. Madrid Casado Professor do Departamento de Estadística e Investigación Operativa II, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Campus de Somosaguas

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5007/1808-1711.2010v14n2p201

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.

Author Biography

Carlos M. Madrid Casado, Professor do Departamento de Estadística e Investigación Operativa II, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Campus de Somosaguas

Professor do Departamento de Estadística e Investigación Operativa II, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Campus de Somosaguas

Published

2010-05-22

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