Bruno,
Hi.
>Roger: When you say "Mathematical truth is in the mind of persons", this was
>the very point I was making. I don't >think there can exist mathematical
>truths in some platonic realm somewhere. They're in the mind, which is a
>physical >thing,
>This is something you assume
Jason,
>Do you believe there exist an infinite number of integers? If so I ask you
>why should these very large numbers exist if >they require a physical basis?
>There are numbers we cannot physically coceive of by virtue of their size and
>the finite >size of the observable universe. If
Bruno,
Hi. My responses are:
>Mathematical truth is in the mind of persons. And assuming we are machine,
>mathematical truth is in the mind >of numbers relatively to numbers. Of course
>we have to assume all elementary arithmetical truth, like "17 is >you doubt them?
Roger: When you say
is zero, just as it is of the
>>> Nothing. The simplest set is the set of all possibilities, which is
>>> the dual of the empty set." (pg. 40) He also suggests that Feynman
>>> acknowledged something like Ontological Nihilism. In vol. 2 of his
>>> lectures, Feynmann argued that the grand unified theory of physics
>>> could be expressed as a functi
Everyone,
Hi. My comments on all of today's comments on this thread are below:
o In regard to Jon's below comment:
>Pearce later concludes that "if, in all, there is 0, i.e no (net)
>>properties whatsoever, then there just isn't anything substantive
>>which needs explaining." Jason and Ro
Hi. I used to post to this list but haven't in a long time. I'm
>>> > a biochemist but like to think about the question of "Why is there
>>> > something rath
If anyone is interested, I think some of the ideas
at my website, www.geocities.com/roger846, apply to
the current discussion. Briefly, the ideas entail:
o Something exists because it is completely defined.
That is, you know exactly what's contained in that
thing. This applies to material
; conceptions of
something from the thing itself. They're two
different
things.
If you've read this far, I appreciate your
listening!
Those are my crazy ideas. If you're interested, more
thinking on this and other topics is at my website, at
www.geoci
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