Re: Epistemology 201: The Science of Science
From: Daryl McCullough (stevendaryl3016_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 03/17/05
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Date: 17 Mar 2005 10:41:20 -0800
Tony says...
>
>Daryl McCullough said:
>> Are you saying that if I write down
>>
>> 3 1 4
>>
>> that suddenly 3 has lost its meaning? *I* still remember what it
>> means, even if you don't. With a little practice, you can learn
>> to recite your telephone number, or the digits of pi, even when
>> the digits are out of order. The digits don't lose their meaning.
>
>If you are saying 3 comes before 1, which immediately precedes 4 in a number
>system, then you are changing the meaning of the numerals.
Who said anything about a number system? I am talking about orderings
of the natural number system. Sometimes, we write 3 before 1; for example,
when we are writing out the decimal expansion of pi. That doesn't mean
that 3 has lost its meaning.
-- Daryl McCullough Ithaca, NY
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