Ham, Krim, one comment inserted below On 4/14/08, Krimel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [Ham] > If you really believe that mathematics is culturally determined, Krimel... > > [Krimel] > Even mathematicians debate whether mathematics is discovered or invented. > But how mathematics is used and described are purely cultural. > > [Ham] > ...then you are using "cultural" as a synonym for "empirical". > > [Krimel] > Not at all, empirical refers to what comes in through the senses. Culture > tells us what to make of this. > [Ian] "Tells" & "Determined" are a bit strong, but Krim is right what we take for empirical (and logical / mathematical and intellectual / rational) is culturally filtered / influenced to a great extent.
How, Ham, can this even be open to debate ? Exasperated Ian Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
