Bruno Marchal wrote:
> Le 16-mars-06, à 22:52, [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : > > > Is isomorphism or a one-to-one correspondence a mathematical concept or > > a metamathematical (or metaphysical? another complication in the > > discussion) concept? I take them as mathematical concepts, so that > > speculating about isomorphisms of things like the multiverse is in > > itself assuming that the multiverse is mathematical. I don't think we > > can use the one-to-one correspondence when it comes to metamathematical > > questions like the multiverse (or philosophy of everything), but this > > is simply because I assume that the multiverse (or "everything") is > > metamathematical. > > Metamathematics is a branch of mathematics. It think he meant something outside of mathematics, like Aristotelean matter, rather than metamathematics in the sense of Godel etc. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
