On Sun, Dec 9, 2018 at 2:53 PM Brent Meeker <[email protected]> wrote:
> They are fundamental only in the sense that one can use them as axioms. > So their fundamentalism is circular. > > Brent > > On 12/9/2018 7:36 AM, Jason Resch wrote: > > But I think truth plays an even more fundamental roll than this. e.g. > because the following statement is *true* "two has a successor" then > there exists a successor to 2 distinct from any previous number. > Similarly, the *truth* of "9 is not prime" implies the existence of a > factor of 9 besides 1 and 9. > > > That position was defensible before Godel, but not after. He showed mathematical truth cannot be based on axioms. 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 https://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
