Math can't Move Matter

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作者
Park, Seungbae [1 ]
机构
[1] Ulsan Natl Inst Sci & Technol, Ulsan 44919, South Korea
关键词
causal platonism; causality; human brains; mathematical objects;
D O I
10.1515/mp-2023-0009
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B [哲学、宗教];
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01 ; 0101 ;
摘要
Causal platonism asserts that mathematical objects cause neural states in human brains. I raise the following four objections to it. (i) Quantum entanglement does not show that one object can causally affect another, although one is nontemporal, nonspatial, and unchanging. (ii) Causal platonism can neither be justified a posteriori nor a priori. (iii) To postulate mathematical media to flesh out mathematical causation is to multiply mysteries beyond necessity. (iv) To say that mathematical causation is unintelligible and inexplicable is not to complain about causation in general.
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