On 16 February 2015 at 18:29, meekerdb <[email protected]> wrote: The faith step is assuming arithmetic.
It's always been clear that Bruno's work is effectively an enquiry into whether something as apparently simple as first-order arithmetical relations are nonetheless a sufficient ontological basis for the full range of observable phenomena. We could argue till Kingdom Come about the nature of the 'existence' or otherwise of arithmetic and get precisely nowhere, faith or no faith. Alternatively we could put the assumption to the test, or perhaps more realistically, continue to follow with interest Bruno's indefatigable investigation of its possible consequences. As with any hypothesis, any securely established conflict with the empirical facts would suffice to invalidate it. Contrariwise, especially given the startling (but certainly not unmotivated) simplicity of the assumption, the longer it can resist refutation the more interesting it may begin to look. I really don't see that it need be any more controversial than that. David -- 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.
