Thomas Mormann
Biographic Data
| ID | 1001419 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Thomas Mormann |
| GIVEN NAMES | Thomas |
| FAMILY NAME | Mormann |
| SIGNATURE | MORMANN T |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of the Basque Country |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7727-0610 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 20 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 18 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 19 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1988 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Completeness and Doxastic Plurality for Topological Operators of Knowledge and Belief
Natorp’s Neo-Kantian Mathematical Philosophy of Science
This paper deals with Natorp’s version of the Marburg mathematical philosophy of science characterized by the following three features: The core of Natorp’s mathematical philosophy of science is contained in his “knowledge equation” that may be considered as a mathematical model of the “transcendental method” conceived by Natorp as the essence of the Marburg Neo-Kantianism. For Natorp, the object of knowledge was an infinite task. This can be elu…
Topological Models of Columnar Vagueness
Structure-preserving representations, constitution, and the relative a priori
Prototypes, poles, and tessellations
Exact Thinking in Demented Times
On the mereological structure of complex states of affairs
A place for pragmatism in the dynamics of reason
Álvaro Peláez Cedrés, Breve introducción al pensamiento de Carnap
Álvaro Peláez Cedrés, Breve introducción al pensamiento de Carnap, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, México, 2008, 235 pp
Scheinprobleme in der Philosophie und andere metaphysikkritische Schriften
Carnap's Metrical Conventionalism versus Differential Topology
Geometry was a main source of inspiration for Carnap's conventionalism. Taking Poincaré as his witness, Carnap asserted in his dissertation Der Raum ([1922] 1978) that the metrical structure of space is conventional while the underlying topological structure describes ‘objective’ facts. With only minor modifications he stuck to this account throughout his life. The aim of this paper is to disprove Carnap's contention by invoking some classical th…
Engaged scientific philosophy in the Vienna Circle
Descontento de la filosofía tradicional de la ciencia con el concepto de representación. Réplica a Sergio Martínez
En esta réplica a la crítica que Sergio Martínez hace de nuestro artículo "Una teoría combinatoria de las representaciones científicas" (UTC) sostenemos que su posición está basada en una aceptación acrítica de algunas dicotomías tradicionales y en una interpretación algo distorsionada de la historia de la filosofía. Indicamos que el enfoque expuesto en UTC no puede caracterizarse como formalista. En filosofía de la ciencia la distinción entre el…
Teoría Combinatoria De Las Representaciones Científicas
The aim of this paper is to introduce a new concept of scientific representation into philosophy of science. The new concept -to be called homological or functorial representation- is a genuine generalization of the received notion of representation as a structure preserving map as it is used, for example, in the representational theory of measurement. It may be traced back, at least implicitly, to the works of Hertz and Duhem. A modern elaborati…
Incompatible empirically equivalent theories
Accessibility, Kinds, and Laws
“Accessibility” is a crucial concept of possible worlds semantics. The simplest approach to accessibility is the “magical theory” that construes this relation as analogous to spatial or temporal relations. In this paper I give a nonmagical structural account of the accessibility relation that can be used to give a necessitarian account of kinds and laws. Laws are characterized in a structural way as stable invariants of the world's gestalt. Final…
Natural predicates and topological structures of conceptual spaces
Husserl's Philosophy of Science and the Semantic Approach
Husserl's mathematical philosophy of science can be considered an anticipation of the contemporary postpositivistic semantic approach, which regards mathematics and not logic as the appropriate tool for the exact philosophical reconstruction of scientific theories. According to Husserl, an essential part of a theory's reconstruction is the mathematical description of its domain, that is, the world (or the part of the world) the theory intends to …
Structuralist reduction concepts as structure-preserving maps
Are All False Theories Equally False
Natural predicates and topological structures of conceptual spaces
Prototypes, poles, and tessellations
A place for pragmatism in the dynamics of reason
Are All False Theories Equally False
On the mereological structure of complex states of affairs
Incompatible empirically equivalent theories
Accessibility, Kinds, and Laws
“Accessibility” is a crucial concept of possible worlds semantics. The simplest approach to accessibility is the “magical theory” that construes this relation as analogous to spatial or temporal relations. In this paper I give a nonmagical structural account of the accessibility relation that can be used to give a necessitarian account of kinds and laws. Laws are characterized in a structural way as stable invariants of the world's gestalt. Final…
Husserl's Philosophy of Science and the Semantic Approach
Husserl's mathematical philosophy of science can be considered an anticipation of the contemporary postpositivistic semantic approach, which regards mathematics and not logic as the appropriate tool for the exact philosophical reconstruction of scientific theories. According to Husserl, an essential part of a theory's reconstruction is the mathematical description of its domain, that is, the world (or the part of the world) the theory intends to …
Structuralist reduction concepts as structure-preserving maps
Structuralist reduction concepts as structure-preserving maps
Are All False Theories Equally False
Husserl's Philosophy of Science and the Semantic Approach
Husserl's mathematical philosophy of science can be considered an anticipation of the contemporary postpositivistic semantic approach, which regards mathematics and not logic as the appropriate tool for the exact philosophical reconstruction of scientific theories. According to Husserl, an essential part of a theory's reconstruction is the mathematical description of its domain, that is, the world (or the part of the world) the theory intends to …
Natural predicates and topological structures of conceptual spaces
Accessibility, Kinds, and Laws
“Accessibility” is a crucial concept of possible worlds semantics. The simplest approach to accessibility is the “magical theory” that construes this relation as analogous to spatial or temporal relations. In this paper I give a nonmagical structural account of the accessibility relation that can be used to give a necessitarian account of kinds and laws. Laws are characterized in a structural way as stable invariants of the world's gestalt. Final…
Incompatible empirically equivalent theories
Teoría Combinatoria De Las Representaciones Científicas
The aim of this paper is to introduce a new concept of scientific representation into philosophy of science. The new concept -to be called homological or functorial representation- is a genuine generalization of the received notion of representation as a structure preserving map as it is used, for example, in the representational theory of measurement. It may be traced back, at least implicitly, to the works of Hertz and Duhem. A modern elaborati…
Descontento de la filosofía tradicional de la ciencia con el concepto de representación. Réplica a Sergio Martínez
En esta réplica a la crítica que Sergio Martínez hace de nuestro artículo "Una teoría combinatoria de las representaciones científicas" (UTC) sostenemos que su posición está basada en una aceptación acrítica de algunas dicotomías tradicionales y en una interpretación algo distorsionada de la historia de la filosofía. Indicamos que el enfoque expuesto en UTC no puede caracterizarse como formalista. En filosofía de la ciencia la distinción entre el…
Engaged scientific philosophy in the Vienna Circle
Scheinprobleme in der Philosophie und andere metaphysikkritische Schriften
Carnap's Metrical Conventionalism versus Differential Topology
Geometry was a main source of inspiration for Carnap's conventionalism. Taking Poincaré as his witness, Carnap asserted in his dissertation Der Raum ([1922] 1978) that the metrical structure of space is conventional while the underlying topological structure describes ‘objective’ facts. With only minor modifications he stuck to this account throughout his life. The aim of this paper is to disprove Carnap's contention by invoking some classical th…
Álvaro Peláez Cedrés, Breve introducción al pensamiento de Carnap
Álvaro Peláez Cedrés, Breve introducción al pensamiento de Carnap, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, México, 2008, 235 pp
On the mereological structure of complex states of affairs
A place for pragmatism in the dynamics of reason
Exact Thinking in Demented Times
Structure-preserving representations, constitution, and the relative a priori
Prototypes, poles, and tessellations
Topological Models of Columnar Vagueness
Natorp’s Neo-Kantian Mathematical Philosophy of Science
This paper deals with Natorp’s version of the Marburg mathematical philosophy of science characterized by the following three features: The core of Natorp’s mathematical philosophy of science is contained in his “knowledge equation” that may be considered as a mathematical model of the “transcendental method” conceived by Natorp as the essence of the Marburg Neo-Kantianism. For Natorp, the object of knowledge was an infinite task. This can be elu…
Completeness and Doxastic Plurality for Topological Operators of Knowledge and Belief
Philosophy (19 works) · Epistemology (16 works) · Computer Science (14 works) · Mathematics (12 works) · Philosophy and History of Science (9 works) · Philosophy of science (9 works) · Artificial Intelligence (7 works) · Metaphysics (6 works) · Philosophy, Science, and History (6 works) · Pure mathematics (6 works)