The introduction of topology into analytic philosophy: two movements and a coda
Both early analytic philosophy and the branch of mathematics now known as topology were gestated and born in the early part of the 20th century. It is not well recognized that there was early interaction between the communities practicing and developing these fields. We trace the history of how topo...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Synthese (Dordrecht) 2022-06, Vol.200 (3), p.197, Article 197 |
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Zusammenfassung: | Both early analytic philosophy and the branch of mathematics now known as topology were gestated and born in the early part of the 20th century. It is not well recognized that there was early interaction between the communities practicing and developing these fields. We trace the history of how topological ideas entered into analytic philosophy through two migrations, an earlier one conceiving of topology geometrically and a later one conceiving of topology algebraically. This allows us to reassess the influence and significance of topological methods for philosophy, including the possible fruitfulness of a third conception of topology as a structure determining
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ISSN: | 1573-0964 0039-7857 1573-0964 |
DOI: | 10.1007/s11229-022-03689-9 |