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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]
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] |