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- Title
The Importance of Nonexistent Objects and of Intensionality in Mathematics†.
- Authors
SYLVAN, RICHARD
- Abstract
In this article, extracted from his book Exploring Meinong's Jungle and Beyond, Sylvan argues that, contrary to widespread opinion, mathematics is not an extensional discipline and cannot be extensionalized without considerable damage. He argues that some of the insights of Meinong's theory of objects, and its modern development, item theory, should be applied to mathematics and that mathematical objects and structures should be treated as mind-independent, non-existent objects.
- Subjects
NONEXISTENT objects (Philosophy); PHILOSOPHY of mathematics; MEINONG, Alexius; STRUCTURALISM; ARGUMENT; OBJECT (Philosophy)
- Publication
Philosophia Mathematica, 2003, Vol 11, Issue 1, p20
- ISSN
0031-8019
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/philmat/11.1.20