(Ontological relativity or ontological intransigence? Shapiro’s structuralist response to the identification problem and the obstinacy with realism)
Keywords:
identification of natural numbers, mathematical realism, linguistic atomism, ontological relativity, ante rem structuralism.
Abstract
In this paper I will analyze some philosophically relevant aspects involved in the dissolution of Benacerraf’s problem of fixing the identity of natural numbers by Shapiro’s structuralism. My fundamental aim is to present three criticisms to Shapiro’s position –to his conception of language, to his characterization of structures as ante rem, and to his dramatic conception of ontology. Some of these criticisms will also be directed to Benacerraf’s identification problem.Format
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2013-05-06
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Córdoba, M. (2013). (Ontological relativity or ontological intransigence? Shapiro’s structuralist response to the identification problem and the obstinacy with realism). Revista de Filosofía , 38(1), 7-28. https://doi.org/10.5209/rev_RESF.2013.v38.n1.41961
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