Re: Platonism
From: Mitch Harris (harrisq_at_tcs.inf.tu-dresden.de)
Date: 12/09/04
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Date: Thu, 09 Dec 2004 17:12:46 +0100
Lester Zick wrote:
> On Thu, 09 Dec 2004 10:27:37 +0100, Mitch Harris
> <harrisq@tcs.inf.tu-dresden.de> in comp.ai.philosophy wrote:
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>>Lester Zick wrote:
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>>>(Mitch Harris) in comp.ai.philosophy wrote:
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>>>
>>>>mathematical facts themselves are not contingent on our observing them.
>>>
>>>No empirical facts are contingent on our observing them.
>>
>>OK. But then I'm unclear as to what empirical means anymore (uh...in
>>this context).
>
> Just the first or positive half of a tautology.
Oh.
-- Mitch Harris (remove q to reply)
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