Avicenna on the Nature of Mathematical Objects

被引：5
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作者：
Zarepour, Mohammad Saleh [1 ]
机构：
[1] Univ Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1TN, England
来源：
DIALOGUE-CANADIAN PHILOSOPHICAL REVIEW | 2016年 / 55卷 / 03期
关键词：
Avicenna; mathematical objects; estimation; immateriality; separability; dependency on materiality; ARISTOTLE;
D O I：
10.1017/S0012217316000524
中图分类号：
B [哲学、宗教];
学科分类号：
01 ; 0101 ;
摘要：
Some authors have proposed that Avicenna considers mathematical objects, i.e., geometric shapes and numbers, to be mental existents completely separated from matter. In this paper, I will show that this description, though not completely wrong, is misleading. Avicenna endorses, I will argue, some sort of literalism, potentialism, and finitism.
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页码：511 / 536
页数：26
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