Abstract
If metaphysical naturalism is the thesis that everything is part of nature, then naturalism is refuted by mathematics. But naturalism is better conceived as the thesis that every fundamental thing is part of nature, and on this conception mathematics and metaphysical naturalism may be consistent.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | The Blackwell Companion to Naturalism |
| Publisher | Wiley-Blackwell |
| Pages | 277-288 |
| Number of pages | 12 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781118657775 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781118657607 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Feb 5 2016 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- General Arts and Humanities
Keywords
- Grounding
- Naturalism
- Ontology
- Philosophy of mathematics
- Reductionism
- Structuralism