Mathematical Concepts as Natural Kinds

Mathematical Concepts as Natural Kinds

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This paper presents an approach to mathematical terms similar to the approach developed by Kripke in order to copyright Pen deal with natural kind terms; in fact, I argue that mathematical terms are natural kind terms in the sense of Kripke.Thus, I suggest that, from a semantic perspective, such terms should be seen as primarily referring terms, and, from a metaphysical perspective, that good Commercial Ranges definitions of such terms should embody structural information about the exemplars from the kind in question.