On Tue, Dec 17, 2013 at 4:11 PM, meekerdb <meeke...@verizon.net> wrote:
> On 12/17/2013 8:43 AM, Jason Resch wrote: > > I think there may be a confusion of what I am suggesting. Let's say there > is some integer N, so large it cannot be described by anyone in this > universe. What I am saying is that exactly one of the following two > statements is true: > "N is prime", "N is not prime". I agree it is unreasonable to assert one > statement over the other in a universe where it is not known and not > knowable. However, whether the first statement happens to be true, or the > second statement happens to be true, that statement was true independently > of anyone in any universe proving it, and so it would be true even if there > were no physical universes or mathematicians. > > > Suppose I took the negation, "It is not the case that N is prime or N is > not prime" and the rules of inference of paraconsistent logic. Would it > make any difference to me? to anyone? > It would only violate the "law of the excluded middle". Jason -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
