Jud, I've been reading your dissertation. it is quite good; but (and you knew I was good to say 'but'), there are two problematic areas that could be improved....
... the 'I' that says 'I experience; therefore, I am' is the phenomenological experiencer, the I-2 in my notation. the I-2 doesn't know whether it is...
Hi Jud, In reading your exchange with Joe, I am reminded of Roger Penrose’s belief that numbers are real. This probably sounds pretty innocent to many,...
... you wrote that Descartes' "I think therefore I am" is an example of "the so-called absolute signification. [6] (OED 2005)" which is, of course, true. but...
... the debate among mathematicians and philosophers as to the reality type of numbers (and mathematical objects generally) has been going on ever since Plato...
Hi Richard, Thanks for your recent message regarding number. As you know the fact that number does not exist and that only human numerators exist is a position...
Joe: it seems to me that one must be able to assert 'there is an even prime number' without taking a stand in the debate as to the reality type of the number...
... Godel's work establishes that there is a capacity to recognize a true statement despite an inability to prove that statement within a specific axiomatic...
... do you then *define* 'exists' to mean 'exists as a physical object'? would you really want to claim that 'one even prime number exists' means the same as...
... if we can't define 'exists' to mean 'exists as a physical object'; then, it seems to me, we can't define 'is' or 'am' to mean 'is a physical object' or...
In a message dated 10/09/2008 15:22:07 GMT Standard Time Richard writes: Hi Jud, In reading your exchange with Joe, I am reminded of Roger Penrose’s belief ...
Correct Translation of 'Cogito; ergo, Sum' ... neurologically generate such a sophisticated ontological proposal is evidence enough that he that he has a...
... if we can't define 'exists' to mean 'exists as a physical object'; then, it seems to me, we can't define 'is' or 'am' to mean 'is a physical object' or...
... by 'we' I simply meant those who accept the principle that the language within which an issue is debated should be outcome-neutral to whatever extent...
In a message dated 9/12/2008 3:28:48 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, gevans613@... writes: Richard: If we see the world composed of false realities for me it...
... (Now antonio, jumping in:) I totally agree. Accordingly, and trying to apply-paraphrase Jud's warning up to our real life, the problem that exists is not...
Antonio Rossin
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Sep 14, 2008 1:40 am
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... as soon Descartes concluded, in effect, 'given that I experience, it is necessarily true that I am', he immediately noted that he didn't know enough about...
Joe: as soon Descartes concluded, in effect, 'given that I experience, it is necessarily true that I am', he immediately noted that he didn't know enough...
Dear Antonio and all, Enclosed is a compendium of various forms of the Golden Rule. They offer both positive and negative forms. I have a slightly different...
... the terminology I've described is a language within which ontological (and other) questions can be discussed without having advocates redefine their terms...
... Dear Richard, thanks for this. I'll try to insert some comments of mine in your text below. ... (ant) I agree - provided only that the concept "to regard"...
Antonio Rossin
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Sep 14, 2008 10:07 pm
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... Joe: By 'we' I simply meant those who ... Jud, read the thread again. 2008-09-11: Richard writes: it is typical in dealing with math to say things like:...
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