Hi, Le Lundi 13 Mars 2006 14:23, [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : > Quentin Anciaux wrote: > > But whatever you do with numbers can be encoding with numbers, as such > > assuming platonic existence, numbers are the only requirements, because > > operation on them, discourse about them, description on them are numbers > > too. > > Hmm. You can hardly claim that the meaning is intrinsic to the number. > Does "2" mean "red", "mammal", "male" or what ? It could be mean > anything in a given coding scheme.
I agree, but the coding scheme is also a number. The coding scheme is the instruction set of a turing machine, which is also a number... I'm stuck ;) Quentin --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
