David Nyman wrote: > > > On Mar 14, 10:18 pm, "Stathis Papaioannou" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Perhaps using the term "existence" for mathematical objects is misleading. >> It doesn't mean they exist as separate objects in the real world, just that >> they exist as concepts. This is mathematical Platonism. > > Yes, I understand. I guess I'm saying that nevertheless I can > conceive of a radical negation in which even Platonic objects have no > existence, conceptual or otherwise.
It's hard to imagine what "conceptual existence" means anyway. Sort of like "non-existent existence". It's just set of non-contradictory property statements. Brent Meeker --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
