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6. Mathematics / B. Foundations for Mathematics / 7. Mathematical Structuralism / a. Structuralism

9966	The subject-matter of (pure) mathematics is abstract structure [Jubien]
	Full Idea: The subject-matter of (pure) mathematics is abstract structure per se.
	From: Michael Jubien (Ontology and Mathematical Truth [1977], p.115)
	A reaction: This is the Structuralist idea beginning to take shape after Benacerraf's launching of it. Note that Jubien gets there by his rejection of platonism, whereas some structuralist have given a platonist interpretation of structure.