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Single Idea 14502

[filed under theme 8. Modes of Existence / A. Relations / 3. Structural Relations ]

Full Idea

'Structure' tends to be characterized by Plato as something that is mathematically expressed.

Gist of Idea

Plato's idea of 'structure' tends to be mathematically expressed

Source

report of Plato (works [c.375 BCE]) by Kathrin Koslicki - The Structure of Objects V.3 iv

Book Ref

Koslicki,Kathrin: 'The Structure of Objects' [OUP 2008], p.98

A Reaction

[Koslicki is drawing on Verity Harte here]

The 4 ideas with the same theme [relations that build the structure of existences]:

14502 Plato's idea of 'structure' tends to be mathematically expressed [Plato, by Koslicki]
14931 That there are existent structures not made of entities is no stranger than the theory of universals [Ladyman/Ross]
13289 Structures have positions, constituent types and number, and some invariable parts [Koslicki]
14375 If structures result from intrinsic natures of properties, the 'relations' between them can drop out [Jacobs]