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> philosophers take it to mean that one believes in Plato's Theory of Ideas. This is not accurate. Platonism, in a contemporary context, is the view that abstr
by hither_shores 4y ago
> philosophers take it to mean that one believes in Plato's Theory of Ideas.
This is not accurate. Platonism, in a contemporary context, is the view that abstract objects exist. And so in particular to be platonist about mathematics is to believe in the existence of mathematical entities.
- jhanschoo 4y agoThanks for correcting me.
- dr_dshiv 4y agoWhat’s the difference between theory of ideas and the belief that abstract ideas exist?
- jhanschoo 4y agoThe Theory of Ideas (aka Theory of Forms) is a specific conception of the true nature of the universe. Wikipedia seems to have a quite adequate introduction to it https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theory_of_forms https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theory_of_forms