Bruno Marchal wrote:

> A priori the first one: " [17 is prime] is  independent of me". But now
> I accept also the first order predicate rule that if someone prove "17
> is prime", he can infer "Ex(x is prime)", so that I can take the
> proposition "it exists a number which is prime" as independent of me
> too.
> I don't interpret "numbers existence" in any substantial way like if
> there was a place and a time where you can observe the number 17
> sitting on some chair ...

So how do insubstantial numbers generate a substantial world ?


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