Re: Is continuum completely filled up?

In article <1170416293.047996.296510@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
"Albrecht" <albstorz@xxxxxx> wrote:

On 1 Feb., 20:04, Virgil <vir...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
In article <1170329251.895028.224...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,


There is a qualitative difference between the sort of existence enjoyed
by physical objects and that enjoyed by mental images like numbers.



You see different sorts of existences? I do so too. A natural number
has very much more existence than e.g. aleph_0.#

A natural number has a very different sort of existence from the rock
onto which your mother undoubtedly dropped you head first as a child.
.

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