Arnošt Kolman's Critique of Mathematical Fetishism

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Arnošt Kolman's Critique of Mathematical Fetishism
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Arnošt Kolman (1892?1979) was Czech mathematician, philosopher and Communist official. He followed Einstein's lectures in Prague. Later he was influenced by Vladimir Lenin while working with his wife Nadezhda Krupskaya. In this paper, we would like to look at Kolman's arguments against logical atomism which revolve around the notion of the fetishization of mathematics. Kolman derives his notion of fetishism from Marx's conception of commodity fetishism. Kolman is aiming for the fact that a thing (system, structure, logical construction) acquires besides its real existence another formal existence. Fetishism means this fantastic detachment of the physical characteristics of real things or phenomena from these things. We identify Kolman's two main arguments against logical positivism. In the first argument, Kolman applied Lenin's arguments against Mach's empiricism-criticism to Russell's neutral monism.
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Publication year
2015
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S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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The Vienna Circle in Czechoslovakia : pre-proceedings of the international conference : Pilsen, Czech Republic, February 26-28, 2015
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9788026104407
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Number of pages
6
Pages from-to
53-58
Publisher name
University of West Bohemia
Place of publication
Pilsen
Event location
Pilsen
Event date
Jan 1, 2015
Type of event by nationality
CST - Celostátní akce
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