La idea de naturaleza intrínseca: una mirada desde Rorty y la teoría matemática de categoría
The Idea of Intrinsic Properties: A Look to The Mathematical Category Theory
Palabras clave:
Rorty, Esencialismo, Pragmatismo, Teoría de categorías (es)Rorty, Essentialism, Pragmatism, Category theory (en)
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This paper shows how the mathematical category theory is a direct criticism on the idea of intrinsic properties (thesis sustained by the philosophical doctrine called ‘essentialism’ or ‘substantialism’). Setting the context for discussion, the first part of this paper is devoted to considering Rorty’s attack on essentialism, mainly from his book ‘¿Esperanza o conocimiento?’. Later I discuss the attack on substantialism to be found in the study of category theory in mathematics. The category theory is the clearer example of the richness of a pragmatic view of objects and the way we understand the knowledge process.
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