Matematyka i metafizyka. Krótki komentarz na temat hipotezy matematyczności świata
Mathematics and metaphysics. A short comment on the hypothesis of the matematicallity of the world
Author(s): Stanisław WszołekSubject(s): Philosophy
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Kardynała Stefana Wyszyńskiego w Warszawie
Keywords: mathematical rationality of nature; causality; rationality of the world
Summary/Abstract: The paper presents the hypothesis of the mathematical rationality of the world put forward by Polish Platonist Michael Heller. There are to obstacles which make it difficult to understand this hypothesis. These are: (1) a conviction that mathematical entities are causally powerless and (2) a suspicion that mathematical objects, understood as ontological beings, are unintelligible.
Journal: Studia Philosophiae Christianae
- Issue Year: 46/2010
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 25-36
- Page Count: 12
- Language: Polish