Stephen -- I like how he derives the natural numbers from some basic set operations on an empty set. One question though how does the empty set itself arise. While an empty set contains; it is not the same thing as nothing. It is a container; it envelopes, contains, encompasses. Even if something exists that contains nothing it is itself something - a minimal something perhaps - but never the less it is not a formless nothing, but rather it is a conceptual entity that contains nothing.
Not trying to be obdurate, driven by curiosity to understand. Cheers, Chris From: everything-list@googlegroups.com [mailto:everything-list@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Stephen Paul King Sent: Saturday, January 11, 2014 6:48 AM To: everything-list@googlegroups.com Subject: A different take on the ontological status of Math Dear Friends, I highly recommend Louis H. Kauffman's new blog. His latest post speaks to the Becoming interpretation of mathematics that I advocate: http://kauffman2013.wordpress.com/2014/01/11/is-mathematics-real/ -- Kindest Regards, Stephen Paul King -- 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. -- 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.
