mathematicity en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /mæθəməˈtɪsɪti/
- /mæθəməˈtɪsɪti/ (US)
Etymology
From mathematic + -ity.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The quality of being mathematical.
According to Kant, thus, mathematicity works like a criterion of scientificity. Consequently, mathematicity is a value that can induce a qualitative hierarchy in the set of scientific theories on nature.
2013 March 9, Anna-Teresa Tymieniecka, Life - The Outburst of Life in the Human Sphere: Scientific Philosophy / Phenomenology of Life and the Sciences of Life, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 131:So far, we have been discussing the rationality of the world, identifying it with its mathematicity, and we also have being speaking about the rationality (mathematicity) of scientific knowledge as influenced by the rationality (mathematicity) of the world.
2003 January 1, Jan Such, Multiformity of Science, BRILL, →ISBN, page 162: