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Wow. I've actually done a lot of reading in epistemology and done a lot of thinking about these issues. I would have really appreciated a serious response from
by javert 14y ago
Wow. I've actually done a lot of reading in epistemology and done a lot of thinking about these issues. I would have really appreciated a serious response from you.
For example, I would have liked to hear whether you agree that 2 + 2 = 4 (for example) can be proven from looking at actual concrete objects in reality (e.g., I take 2 pens from the left side of the table, two pens from the right, put them all in the middle, and count them... and then you can, of course, abstract away to get a concept of "unit"... etc).
- chris_wot 14y agoTry reading up on Hilbert's second problem. Wikipedia does a good job [1]. Then read about Peano axioms [2]. Finally try to understand what is meant by the term "consistency" [3] 1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilbert%27s_second_problem http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilbert%27s_second_problem 2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peano_axioms http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peano_axioms 3. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consistency#Consistency_and_completeness_in_arithmetic http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consistency#Consistency_and_com...