On 09 Dec 2013, at 23:45, meekerdb wrote:
On 12/9/2013 2:03 PM, Jesse Mazer wrote:
I don't have institutional access but I was able to read it online,
though not to download it as a PDF (I just copy-and-pasted all the
text for future reference instead). It's great to see each step of
the argument laid out in greater detail than I've seen on the list
(admittedly I don't consistently read all the posts here)--I still
have doubts about step 8, the film-graph argument, hopefully will
have time to write up my response soon.
I have similar doubts. I also doubt that numbers exist
You need only to believe in the following axioms (which are used in
all textbook of physics and math):
0 ≠ s(x)
s(x) = s(y) -> x = y
x+0 = x
x+s(y) = s(x+y)
x*0=0
x*s(y)=(x*y)+x
You can even believe only in:
Kxy = x
Sxyz = xz(yz)
That's all.
and that the axiom of infinity is anything but a convenient
approximation.
No problem. We need it in the derivation of the physical laws, but
that appears only at the epistemological level.
But I still think there's a lot interesting about Bruno's ideas and
I'm glad to see them reach a larger audience.
Thanks,
Bruno
http://iridia.ulb.ac.be/~marchal/
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