Math, grammar and logic are all sets of rules on how to use symbols.
CB
by Devine, James
[was: RE: [PEN-L] absolute general law of capitalist accumulation]
Charles writes:
>CB: I want to go dialectical on y'all and say logic is mathematical and
linguistic, but I am curious on the essential distinction between
linguistics and mathematics implied here.<
it's possible that math might be part of Chomsky's transformational grammar,
i.e., the structure of human language that is inborn ("built-in") in the
human
brain? In that case, math is linguistic, but not "merely" so.
It seems to me that math represents the abstract aspects of reality. But
since
it leaves out the concrete, it must be incomplete.
(oops, I'm going Johnny Cochrane on y'all.)
jd
