Quick drive-by remark:
Actually the mathematics of designation is called order theory.
Best, Ben
On 4/30/2014 1:58 PM, Jerry LR Chandler wrote:
List, Jon:
I am referring to the pragmatic facts of the year of publication of the paper
of Mac Lane and Eilenberg.
On Apr 30, 2014, at 10:10 AM, Jon Awbrey wrote:
The answer is that mathematical objects are not so much
discovered or invented as named on a given date.
Your putative answer is not pragmatic realism.
Or, do you wish to belief that CSP had prior access to the spiritual forms of
human imaginations of logical relations among yet-to-be formed mathematical
symbols?
If so, what would be the origin of presentative forms that would lead CSP to
representative forms?
Cheers
jerry
Regards,
Jon
Jeffrey Brian Downard wrote:
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