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A reply to Heathcote's On the exhaustion of mathematical entities by structures
pp. 345-357
Abstract
In this article I respond to Heathcote's "On the Exhaustion of Mathematical Entities by Structures". I show that his ontic exhaustion issue is not a problem for ante rem structuralists. First, I show that it is unlikely that mathematical objects can occur across structures. Second, I show that the properties that Heathcote suggests are underdetermined by structuralism are not so underdetermined. Finally, I suggest that even if Heathcote's ontic exhaustion issue if thought of as a problem of reference, the structuralist has a readily available solution.
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Published in:
(2015) Axiomathes 25 (3).
Pages: 345-357
Full citation:
Kouri Teresa (2015) „A reply to Heathcote's On the exhaustion of mathematical entities by structures“. Axiomathes 25 (3), 345–357.