Mathematical Concepts as Natural Kinds

Mathematical Concepts as Natural Kinds

Blog Article

This paper presents an approach to mathematical terms similar to the approach developed by Kripke in order to deal with natural kind terms; in fact, I argue that mathematical terms are natural kind terms in the sense Flash Light of Kripke.Thus, I suggest that, from a semantic perspective, such terms should be Rangefinder seen as primarily referring terms, and, from a metaphysical perspective, that good definitions of such terms should embody structural information about the exemplars from the kind in question.