Le 16-août-06, à 03:39, Brent Meeker a écrit :
> I agree. Mathematics and logic are ways of constraining our > propositions so > we don't assert contradictions; contradictions of our own rules. But > that > doesn't mean they are strong enough to keep us from asserting > absurdities. I think math is much more than that. Consistent but uninteresting theories dies quickly. It is a point that physicist are hard to get it. Cf Einstein. Good counter-example: David Deutsch. Bruno http://iridia.ulb.ac.be/~marchal/ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---

