3 ms·
If I choose to wear a fedora, is a fedora an essential part of who I am? Or an arbitrary choice that be changed? This question goes back to Plato. You use Von
by lupire 2y ago
If I choose to wear a fedora, is a fedora an essential part of who I am? Or an arbitrary choice that be changed?
This question goes back to Plato.
You use Von Neuman naturals. I use Peano naturals. Which are the real naturals? Can they both be the naturals, even though they are clearly different?
The natural numbers are not any one construction. They are the abstract idea of whose properties are what all the constructiona have in common.
Math is like God. We use feeble human language to approximately talk about something that is beyond our ability.
- anon291 2y agoRight and this is my point the view espoused in the article is not universal
- lmm 2y ago> Math is like God. We use feeble human language to approximately talk about something that is beyond our ability. That sounds like giving up. The approach the article is describing is a lot more satisfying - forming this concept of equivalence, and then using it to give genuine, rigorous answers to questions like: > You use Von Neuman naturals. I use Peano naturals. Which are the real naturals? Can they both be the naturals, even though they are clearly different?