Re: Distinct linear orderings on Z
- From: "Jesse F. Hughes" <jesse@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 01 Apr 2005 20:49:18 +0200
Neil W Rickert <rickert+nn@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> I don't doubt that it is due to the fact that philosophy has very
> little content, and is mainly a system of creative fiction.
On this we disagree.
The so-called philosophers that have decided they know better what
"number of elements" ought to mean than the mathematicians have been
painfully embarrassing for me. But I find philosophy an interesting,
stimulating and worthwhile endeavor when done correctly.
I have no comments on whether the bulk of philosophy of mind has been
done correctly, but I do object to your comment above. As far as
"systems of creative fiction" go, that describes mathematics better
than philosophy in my opinion. But I don't use the term pejoratively.
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good thought without powerful knowledge or how can you have powerful knowledge
without learning or how can you learn without a teacher and how can a teacher
teach if he or she has not learned the subject." --CA Alternative High School
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