Jason,
Do you believe there exist an infinite number of integers? If so I ask you
why should these very large numbers exist if they require a physical basis?
There are numbers we cannot physically coceive of by virtue of their size and
the finite size of the observable universe. If
Bruno,
Hi.
Roger: When you say Mathematical truth is in the mind of persons, this was
the very point I was making. I don't think there can exist mathematical
truths in some platonic realm somewhere. They're in the mind, which is a
physical thing,
This is something you assume. It is
Bruno,
Hi. My responses are:
Mathematical truth is in the mind of persons. And assuming we are machine,
mathematical truth is in the mind of numbers relatively to numbers. Of course
we have to assume all elementary arithmetical truth, like 17 is prime. Do
you doubt them?
Roger: When
Everyone,
Hi. My comments on all of today's comments on this thread are below:
o In regard to Jon's below comment:
Pearce later concludes that if, in all, there is 0, i.e no (net)
properties whatsoever, then there just isn't anything substantive
which needs explaining. Jason and Roger,
is there something
rather than nothing? paper is below.
Thank you in advance for any feedback you may have.
Sincerely,
Roger Granet
If anyone is interested, I think some of the ideas
at my website, www.geocities.com/roger846, apply to
the current discussion. Briefly, the ideas entail:
o Something exists because it is completely defined.
That is, you know exactly what's contained in that
thing. This applies to material
this far, I appreciate your
listening!
Those are my crazy ideas. If you're interested, more
thinking on this and other topics is at my website, at
www.geocities.com/roger846
Thanks!
Roger Granet
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