O czym rozprawiają matematycy, c zyli o statusie bytowym przedmiotów matematyki

• Authors: Roman Murawski

Title variants

EN

What do mathematicians dispute about, or on the ontological status of the objects of mathematics

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

In this article the author considers various conceptions concerning ontological status of the objects of mathematics. The relation is show between these problems and a dispute over universals, and then Platonism, conceptualism and nominalism as the fundamental standpoints on the question o f mathematical objects are presented. Examples are given of concrete (specific) theories w ith in these standpoints and their implications (also epistemological ones) are shown.

• Publisher: Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu
• Journal: Przestrzenie Teorii
• Year: 2004
• Issue: 3-4
• Pages: 253-260

Dates

published

2007-06-15

Contributors

author

Roman Murawski

Identifiers

DOI

10.14746/pt.2004.3.15