On 24 October 2014 09:09, meekerdb <[email protected]> wrote: > On 10/23/2014 12:36 AM, LizR wrote: > > On 23 October 2014 15:14, meekerdb <[email protected]> wrote: > >> But by the same kind of positivist attitude there's no reason to think >> that every integer has a successor. It's just a convenient assumption for >> doing proofs and calculations. >> >> So do you think there's a largest integer? If so, how > might one determine what it is? > > > I think we invented the integers, so it's up to us whether we want there > to be a largest integer. It is certainly is more convenient to reason > about some things by assuming there is not, but that's true of real numbers > too. > > I don't know what you mean by "invented the integers. And whenever I've asked I get a vague handwavey answer, and then you say you have no viewpoint so it isn't worth arguing with you.
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