Mathematics in the middle: The relationship between measurement and metamorphic matter

• Autores: Elizabeth de Freitas
• Localización: MATTER: journal of new materialist research, ISSN-e 2604-7551, Vol. 2, Nº. 2, 2021 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Fourth Issue), págs. 1-24
• Idioma: inglés
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  • This paper revisits philosophical questions regarding the relationship between mathematics and matter. I briefly present four contrary and contemporary perspectives on the speculative force of mathematics, as a provocation for further discussion on the subject of sciento-metrics. I first consider the ideas of the philosopher Quentin Meillassoux, as a way of setting the stage for various kinds of materialist philosophies of mathematics. I then turn to the ideas of two mathematicians - Fernando Zalamea and Giuseppe Longo - and a computer scientist - Gregory Chaitin - and explore how their discussions of contemporary mathematical practice offer important insight (and twist) regarding the relationship between mathematics and matter.