Hi Tom, I think that you are bring up a good point but I must ask about the nature of "invariance"! The notion of invariance involves a subject to which the invariance obtains. If there is no such an subject, what meaning does the notion of a invariance have?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invariant_%28mathematics%29 Onward! Stephen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Caylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Everything List" <everything-list@googlegroups.com> Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2006 12:13 PM Subject: Re: Only Existence is necessary? snip I've been thinking about Platonia lately. I've just finished reading John Barrow's "Pi in the Sky" book, and he seems to have gotten wrapped around the axle in regard to mathematics and Platonia. I think that mathematics is not primarily about numbers. Mathematics is about invariance. Invariance is not about any *thing* (existence) specifically. Perhaps this thought can shed light on this somehow? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---