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Título: Are The Natural Numbers Fundamentally Ordinals?
Contributors: Assadian, Bahram, Author
Buijsman, Stefan, 1995-, Author
Stockholms universitet, Humanistiska fakulteten, Filosofiska
institutionen, Originator
Fuente: Philosophy and phenomenological research.
Año de la publicación: 2018
Colección: Stockholms universitet
Freely available online
Descriptores: Humanities and the Arts
Philosophy
Ethics and Religion
Humaniora och konst
Filosofi
etik och religion
filosofi
Descripción: There are two ways of thinking about the natural numbers: as ordinal
numbers or as cardinal numbers. It is, moreover, well‐known that the
cardinal numbers can be defined in terms of the ordinal numbers. Some
philosophies of mathematics have taken this as a reason to hold the
ordinal numbers as (metaphysically) fundamental. By discussing
structuralism and neo‐logicism we argue that one can empirically
distinguish between accounts that endorse this fundamentality claim
and those that do not. In particular, we argue that if the ordinal numbers
are metaphysically fundamental then it follows that one cannot acquire
cardinal number concepts without appeal to ordinal notions. On the
other hand, without this fundamentality thesis that would be possible.
This allows for an empirical test to see which account best describes our
actual mathematical practices. We then, finally, discuss some empirical
data that suggests that we can acquire cardinal number concepts
without using ordinal notions. However, there are some important gaps
left open by this data that we point to as areas for future empirical
research.
Tipo de documento: Artikel
PeerReviewed
File Description: electronic
Idioma: English
Afiliaciones del autor: Stockholms universitet
Filosofiska institutionen
ISSN: 0031-8205
1933-1592
DOI: 10.1111/phpr.12499
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