Re: Epistemology 201: The Science of Science

From: Lester Zick (lesterDELzick_at_worldnet.att.net)
Date: 03/23/05


Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2005 19:07:11 GMT

On Wed, 23 Mar 2005 17:52:57 +0100, Giuseppe Bilotta
<bilotta78@hotpop.com> in comp.ai.philosophy wrote:

>Albert Wagner wrote:
>> > I would like to hear a defition of 'infinite' by you.
>>
>> I am not attempting to perform mathematical operations on the
>> concept 'infinite' as if it were a number; You are. I refuse to
>> accept your burden of proof. Nice sidestep, but it fails.
>
>You are the one sidestepping. I didn't ask you to perform
>operations on it. I asked you to give a definition. So the one
>sidestepping is you.

The definition for infinity is that it is undefined.

>(And I'm not even remarking how people (like you) have refused
>to acknowledge negatives and irrationals as "numbers", not to
>talk about the imaginary *shiver* numbers.)
>
>--
>Giuseppe "Oblomov" Bilotta
>
>Can't you see
>It all makes perfect sense
>Expressed in dollar and cents
>Pounds shillings and pence
> (Roger Waters)

Regards - Lester



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