[was: RE: [PEN-L] absolute general law of capitalist accumulation]
Charles writes:
>CB: I want to go dialectical on y'all and say logic is mathematical and
linguistic, but I am curious on the essential distinction between
linguistics and mathematics implied here.<
it's possible that math might be part of Chomsky's transformational grammar, i.e., the
structure of human language that is inborn ("built-in") in the human brain? In that
case, math is linguistic, but not "merely" so.
It seems to me that math represents the abstract aspects of reality. But since it
leaves out the concrete, it must be incomplete.
(oops, I'm going Johnny Cochrane on y'all.)
jd
