Witt
Andersen Jesper Sparre
janderse at haverford.edu
Thu Aug 14 09:59:39 CDT 1997
> Peter Girodono writes:
> >1) There are such things as facts, in both the ideal (mathematics) and the
> >physical world
>
> Gotta disagree with the esteemed Mr. Giordono here. From my perspective,
> mathematics is strictly theoretical since "one" is a concept that doesn't
> have a counterpart in observable "reality." "One" is not a fact, but like
> most things, a convenient fiction. And without one, it's hard to have two,
> three, etc.
wouldn't that demand that you have no sense or proof of "I" (the
thinker) as a unique object? One seems to lead to the other, but maybe
LW would reject "I" too.
Jesper Andersen
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