Beginning with Oxford,
*empirical*: based on, concerned with, or verifiable by observation or experience rather than theory or pure logic. Where then Nick goes on to argue, perhaps, that *experience of logic* is *experience* and so "experience *rather than* theory or pure logic" is meaningless. Then somewhere in hell's pub, far far away, Glen rolls his eyes and wonders whether he should write about *scoping* or simply berate Nick for navel-gazing. But then, maybe this is the case for *logic* and not *mathematics*. Perhaps mathematics *requires* abstraction, representation, and objectification. It may be necessary to make bold claims like, "my love is like the integers". At some point during the process, one has to decide whether a thing *has* a front or a back or an inside to be out. Even the designation *married* comes with baggage, to be taken for granted in the objectification process. Ah, but if I have it correct, Nick also believes that *a day like no other* is *no day at all*. Nothing can be known about such a day. The only days are those that are like the integers (type) or days like today (class).
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