On Sun, Jan 18, 2015 at 3:48 PM, meekerdb <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 1/18/2015 9:16 AM, Jason Resch wrote: > > If you assume it is true (independent of our ability or anything in the > universe's ability to conceive it), then it is true independently of the > universe, and hence you get arithmetical realism. > > > No, you just keep assuming that true=real. The truths of arithmetic are > about the relation of numbers. And they are true whether or not the > numbers exist, just as Dr. Watson is Holmes sidekick. > If it is true that 8 is a composite, doesn't that require the existence of a number between 1 and 8 which divides 8? In any case, while I agree there is always room to doubt the existence of the numbers and their relations, it is the most plausible explanation for existence that I have encountered. Jason -- 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.
