Re: Epistemology 201: The Science of Science

From: Lester Zick (lesterDELzick_at_worldnet.att.net)
Date: 03/09/05 

Date: Wed, 09 Mar 2005 15:24:57 GMT

On Tue, 8 Mar 2005 16:11:52 -0500, Tony Orlow (aeo6)
<aeo6@cornell.edu> in comp.ai.philosophy wrote:

[. . .]

>Then they should not state conclusively that there are exactly the same
>number of integers as rationals. They should say the sets have the same
>cardinality, period.

Modern mathematikers are adept at mixing metaphors, Tony, and
metaphors are easy to mix when the cardinality of cardinals is being
discussed.

Regards - Lester

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