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Single Idea 15515

[filed under theme 6. Mathematics / B. Foundations for Mathematics / 7. Mathematical Structuralism / a. Structuralism ]

Full Idea

To be a structuralist, you quantify over relations.

Gist of Idea

To be a structuralist, you quantify over relations

Source

David Lewis (Parts of Classes [1991], 2.6)

Book Ref

Lewis,David: 'Parts of Classes' [Blackwell 1991], p.53