150404 waben...@gmail.com wrote: > Mathematics is our basic tool to build these theories. > A fundamental question is whether the mathematical axioms exist "for real" > and we just discovered them or are they grounded by the functionality > of our mind/brain ? In the latter case, > it would probably be impossible for us to find "the answer" (42!;)
Kant tried to investigate this in his Critique of Pure Reason. Aristotle also had some scattered observations on the subject. What a revelation about at least a minority of Gentoo users ! -- philosophers of science + math, besides well-trained physicists. -- ========================,,============================================ SUPPORT ___________//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Cities Centre, University of Toronto TRANSIT `-O----------O---' purslowatchassdotutorontodotca
