On Thursday, May 1, 2014 9:07:13 PM UTC-4, stathisp wrote: > > > > > On 2 May 2014 04:42, Craig Weinberg <[email protected] <javascript:>>wrote: > >> >> >> On Friday, April 18, 2014 3:23:13 AM UTC-4, Bruno Marchal wrote: >>> >>> >>> On 16 Apr 2014, at 20:10, Craig Weinberg wrote: >>> >>> What generates Platonia? >>> >>> >>> >>> Nothing generates Platonia, although addition and multiplication can >>> generate the comp-relevant part of platonia, that is the UD or equivalent. >>> >>> Elementary arithmetic cannot be justified by anything less complex (in >>> Turing or logical sense). It is the minimum that we have to assume to start. >>> >> >> Saying that elementary arithmetic is the minimum that we have to start >> doesn't make sense to me. Elementary arithmetic depends on many less >> complex expectations of sequence, identity, position, motivation, etc. I >> keep repeating this but I don't think that you are willing to consider it >> scientifically. >> > > Do you believe that mathematical truths are true independent of mind? >
I'm not sure what mind is. I understand that nothing can exist independently of sensory experience, including mathematical truths. > > > -- > Stathis Papaioannou > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
