Add to ORKGThe paper comments on a rather uncommon approach to mathematics called physicalist formalism, according to which formal systems are genuine physical systems. A brief review of the main theses is given, then arguments are worked out, concerning mostly with the practice of mathematics and the uniqueness of formal systems, aiming to show the implausibility of this radical view
A physical theory is a partially interpreted axiomatic formal system (L,S), where L is a formal lang...
The formal sciences - mathematical as opposed to natural sciences, such as operations research, stat...
There are lots of arguments for, or justifications of, mathematical theorems that make use of princi...
The paper comments on a rather uncommon approach to mathematics called physicalist formalism, accord...
If physicalism is true, everything is physical. In other words, everything supervenes on, or is nece...
This paper is a brief formulation of a radical thesis. We start with the formalist doctrine that mat...
I will argue that the ontological doctrine of physicalism inevitably entails the denial that there i...
I will argue that the ontological doctrine of physicalism inevitably entails the denial that there i...
The mathematical nature of modern physics suggests that mathematics is bound to play some role in ex...
The formalist philosophy of mathematics (in its purest, most extreme version) is widely regarded as ...
Realists often suggest that scientific knowledge is grounded in the mathematical representation of n...
If physicalism is true, everything is physical. In other words, everything supervenes on, or is nece...
A physical theory is a partially interpreted axiomatic formal system (L,S), where L is a formal lang...
The formal sciences - mathematical as opposed to natural sciences, such as operations research, stat...
There are lots of arguments for, or justifications of, mathematical theorems that make use of princi...
The paper comments on a rather uncommon approach to mathematics called physicalist formalism, accord...
If physicalism is true, everything is physical. In other words, everything supervenes on, or is nece...
This paper is a brief formulation of a radical thesis. We start with the formalist doctrine that mat...
I will argue that the ontological doctrine of physicalism inevitably entails the denial that there i...
I will argue that the ontological doctrine of physicalism inevitably entails the denial that there i...
The mathematical nature of modern physics suggests that mathematics is bound to play some role in ex...
The formalist philosophy of mathematics (in its purest, most extreme version) is widely regarded as ...
Realists often suggest that scientific knowledge is grounded in the mathematical representation of n...
If physicalism is true, everything is physical. In other words, everything supervenes on, or is nece...
A physical theory is a partially interpreted axiomatic formal system (L,S), where L is a formal lang...
The formal sciences - mathematical as opposed to natural sciences, such as operations research, stat...
There are lots of arguments for, or justifications of, mathematical theorems that make use of princi...