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- From: abell@netcom.com (Steven T. Abell)
- Newsgroups: alt.philosophy.objectivism
- Subject: Re: Deliberate Ignorance
- Message-ID: <1993Jan28.161532.25596@netcom.com>
- Date: 28 Jan 93 16:15:32 GMT
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- sals@random.uchicago.edu (red-head fancier) writes:
- >I also disagree that math is
- >something above man. 2+2=4 is indeed true in the manner we define 2 to be,
- >however, in more abstract math I wonder if there are actually physical
- >entities which correspond to our mathematical constructs. In fact
- >scientists and mathematicans have construted theories which are internally
- >consistent, but which do not correspond to reality. For example Euclidean
- >geometry. Approximately true yes, however, exactly true no. Or on a
- >different note what about and infentesimal, does one real exist?
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- Here are two X's: X X
- Got it?
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- Is there an infinitessimal?
- Yes, and it's apparently between your ears.
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- Steve abell@netcom.com
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