Bruno, \I don't see relevance in your example. I do not argue against singling out ONE number amongst all, I argue against singling out numbers amongst nuimbers AND non-numbers.
In this sense numbers make sense only in relation with non-numbers. John ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bruno Marchal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <everything-list@googlegroups.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2006 10:25 AM Subject: Re: Bruno's argument Le 17-juil.-06, à 20:54, John M a écrit : > In my 'wholistic' (not 'holistic!) 'taste' (<:I don't > call my narrative a worldview or hypo or theory:>) the > entire interconnection generates ANY further item > (step in any process) with no excludability of any. > One cannot pick ONE without tacitly including all > others. The same with numbers, I note in passing. You cannot believe in all numbers except this one. The number 17 exists only in relation with all the other numbers, in some sense. I would say the mathematical truth is wholistic. Perhaps even holistic ? Bruno http://iridia.ulb.ac.be/~marchal/ -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.10.1/390 - Release Date: 7/17/2006 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
