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> infinity does not exist within anything that can be conceptualized. Yet math is consistently being conceptualized? Enabling clear thinking about concepts ou
by thomasahle 9y ago
> infinity does not exist within anything that can be conceptualized.
Yet math is consistently being conceptualized?
Enabling clear thinking about concepts outside of the real world is the while point of math.
- Chris2048 9y ago> math is consistently being conceptualized What does this mean?
- placebo 9y ago>Yet math is consistently being conceptualized? Sure, how else could we capture it or convey it to others? The thing is that I don't see it as that different than conceptualizing things in the "real world". In the latter, conceptualization is done on input of the senses, while in math conceptualization is done on inputs from a higher level of abstraction. In both cases, something is defined and then manipulated for something useful. It's just that I believe that whatever is defined automatically becomes a finite concept otherwise it could not be grasped and manipulated, and a finite infinity seems problematic...