Mathematical structuralism and bundle theory

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作者
Assadian, Bahram [1 ,2 ]
机构
[1] Univ Leeds, Sch Philosophy Relig & Hist Sci, Leeds, England
[2] Univ Leeds, Sch Philosophy Relig & Hist Sci, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds LS2 9JT, England
基金
英国科研创新办公室;
关键词
bundle theory; individuation; mathematical structuralism; mereological essentialism; ontological dependence; IDENTITY;
D O I
10.1111/rati.12397
中图分类号
B [哲学、宗教];
学科分类号
01 ; 0101 ;
摘要
According to the realist rendering of mathematical structuralism, mathematical structures are ontologically prior to individual mathematical objects such as numbers and sets. Mathematical objects are merely positions in structures: their nature entirely consists in having the properties arising from the structure to which they belong. In this paper, I offer a bundle-theoretic account of this structuralist conception of mathematical objects: what we normally describe as an individual mathematical object is the mereological bundle of its structural properties. An emerging picture is a version of mereological essentialism: the structural properties of a mathematical object, as a bundle, are the mereological parts of the bundle, which are possessed by it essentially.
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页码:123 / 133
页数:11
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