Bruno Marchal wrote: > Le 17-août-06, à 16:41, 1Z a écrit : > > > Arithemtical Platonism is the belief that mathematical > > structures *exist* independently of you, > > not just that they are true independently of you. > > What is the difference between ""the proposition "it exists a prime > number" is true independently of me", and the proposition "it exists a > prime number (independently of me)"?
The contextual meaning of "exists". What is the difference between "Sherlock Holmes lives at 221B Baker Street" and "Sherlock Holmes lives" ? > I can see a nuance, and that is why I prefer to use the expression " > Arithmetical Realism (AR)" (and then I always define what I mean by > that) instead of "platonism" (which I prefer to reserve when Plato is > actually mentionned, like with the Theatetical definition of > knowledge). A claim about truth as opposed to existence cannot support the conclusion that matter does not actually exist. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
