Knowledge, Cause, and Abstract Objects : Causal Objections to Platonism /

According to platonists, entities such as numbers, sets, propositions and properties are abstract objects. But abstract objects lack causal powers and a location in space and time, so how could we ever come to know of the existence of such impotent and remote objects? In Knowledge, Cause, and Abstra...

Full description

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Cheyne, Colin
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2001.
Series:	Western Ontario Series in Philosophy of Science, A Series of Books in Philosophy of Science, Methodology, Epistemology, Logic, History of Science, and Related Fields ; 67.
Subjects:	Philosophy (General) Genetic epistemology. Metaphysics. Ontology. Philosophy of law. Science > Philosophy. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book