Re: Existence of reals and observation of them
- From: Marshall <marshall.spight@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2007 07:56:43 -0800 (PST)
On Dec 9, 5:30 am, "Jesse F. Hughes" <je...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
When we
speak of existence of a number, as when we write "There is an even
prime", it's not at all obvious that we mean existence in the same way
that we do with physical, observable objects.
Indeed. I'll go further: we do *not* mean that physical existence and
mathematical existence are the same. They are not the same.
Marshall
.
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