Thomas Aquinas and Some Thomists on the Nature of Mathematics

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Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Thomas Aquinas and Some Thomists on the Nature of Mathematics

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

The authors explicate Aquinas’s conception of mathematics. They show that in his work the Aristotelian conception is prevalent, according to which this discipline is -together with physics and metaphysics - a theoretical science, whose subject is the study of real quantity and its necessary properties. But, alongside this dominant and prevalent conception, Aquinas’s work contains a number of indications that cast doubt. These sparse and rather marginal reflections lead the authors to conclude that Aquinas’s texts contain a “constructivist” conception of mathematics in rudimentary form. According to this approach, mathematics is not a theoretical science examining real quantity but, rather, a special kind of “art” by means of which mathematical objects are “created”. From a constructivist point of view the authors then attempt to formulate a conception of mathematics that would accord with the basic Aristotelian assumptions of Aquinas’s thought.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Thomas Aquinas and Some Thomists on the Nature of Mathematics

Popis výsledku anglicky

The authors explicate Aquinas’s conception of mathematics. They show that in his work the Aristotelian conception is prevalent, according to which this discipline is -together with physics and metaphysics - a theoretical science, whose subject is the study of real quantity and its necessary properties. But, alongside this dominant and prevalent conception, Aquinas’s work contains a number of indications that cast doubt. These sparse and rather marginal reflections lead the authors to conclude that Aquinas’s texts contain a “constructivist” conception of mathematics in rudimentary form. According to this approach, mathematics is not a theoretical science examining real quantity but, rather, a special kind of “art” by means of which mathematical objects are “created”. From a constructivist point of view the authors then attempt to formulate a conception of mathematics that would accord with the basic Aristotelian assumptions of Aquinas’s thought.

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J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

60301 - Philosophy, History and Philosophy of science and technology

Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/GA18-05838S" target="_blank" >GA18-05838S: Metafyzika vztahů ve druhé scholastice</a><br>

Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2020

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Review of Metaphysics

ISSN

0034-6632

e-ISSN

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Svazek periodika

73

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

4

Stát vydavatele periodika

US - Spojené státy americké

Počet stran výsledku

26

Strana od-do

715-740

Kód UT WoS článku

000541652400002

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85095980641