Against Quantitative Primitivism
Against Quantitative Primitivism
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反对数量原始主义
DOI：
10.1017/psa.2023.140
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发表时间：
2023
影响因子：
1.7
通讯作者：
Perry Z
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作者：
Perry Z
量的问题是确定物理世界的什么解释了为什么它可以很好地用数学实体来表示。我介绍了在文献中占主导地位的“数量原始主义”，它只提供了数量问题的部分解决方案。我认为，定量的还原帐户提供了一个完整的解决方案，并在文献中描述了两个还原帐户。我讨论了一些独特的形而上学结果的数量的简化说明，包括一个新颖的解散长期的绝对主义-比较主义的辩论。
The problem of quantity is the problem of identifying what about the physical world explains why it can be so well represented with mathematical entities. I introduce “quantitative primitivism,” the dominant position in the literature, which offers only a partial solution to the problem of quantity. I argue that a reductive account of quantitativeness provides a full solution to the problem and describe two reductive accounts in the literature. I discuss some of the unique metaphysical consequences of reductive accounts of quantity, including a novel dissolution to the long-standing absolutist–comparativist debate.