> On 29 Sep 2018, at 02:38, Bruce Kellett <bhkell...@optusnet.com.au> wrote: > > From: Bruno Marchal <marc...@ulb.ac.be <mailto:marc...@ulb.ac.be>> >>> On 28 Sep 2018, at 06:29, Bruce Kellett <bhkell...@optusnet.com.au >>> <mailto:bhkell...@optusnet.com.au>> wrote: >>> >>> But you do not seem to go the additional step of saying that mathematical >>> objects, numbers and so on, are objects that actually exist (which would be >>> a form of platonism). >> >> I use “exist” in the same sense as “it exist a number x such that x + 7 = >> 8”. > > That is precisely why you need to study the philosophy of mathematics.
I love, but that is not relevant here, at least before to study the science. > It might teach you not to confuse the use of the existential quantifier with > an ontology. You call confusion what is simply the definition to start with. You do seem playing rhetorical semantical game to avoid studying a theory. By definition: the ontology is given by the the things you NEED to assume, because no theories at all can explain their existence. With mechanism, that ONLY number exists is a consequence of the belief that a physical universe exist, and that I reline live in that universe when the constituents of the brain are permuted in some functional way. So, what you call confusion is the result of work. I guess you call it a confusion because it informs your favorite ontology (a physical world perhaps?). Let us do science first, and discuss philosophy after. I know that doing science in metaphysics and theology is not common, but that is what the mechanist assumption makes possible to do, and that is what I have done (which obviously do not please to many philosophers, like they were not pleased when Newton invaded their territory too). Also, when you do a critics, you must make it in a much more precise way. If you really think there is a confusion somewhere, you need to explain it in detail so that everyone see what you mean. Bruno > > Bruce > > -- > 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 everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > <mailto:everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com > <mailto:everything-list@googlegroups.com>. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/everything-list > <https://groups.google.com/group/everything-list>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. -- 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 everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
