Stathis Papaioannou wrote: > Peter Jones writes:
> > > What's the difference? > > > > > > Things that exist are available for causal interaction. Numbers aren't. > > What could it possibly mean for numbers to "exist" in the sense you claim > they do not? Could I be mugged by a burly number 6 in a dark alley? I don't > think that even number-worshipping Pythagoras would have entertained > such a notion. It is for Pythagorenas and Platonists to explain what they mean by "exist". However, if you are going to claim that we are actually *in* Platonia, (mathematical monism) there must be some equivalence between the existence we have and the existence numbers have. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---