Re: Foundations Of Mathematics Abscondita
Jon Awbrey <[email protected]>
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o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o FOMA. Note 8 : PoV on Ultrafinitism o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o Re: http://www.cs.nyu.edu/pipermail/fom/2009-February/013395.html This sounds like the Heap (or Sorites) Paradox. C.S. Peirce is noted for distinguishing "vague" and "general" statements and giving definitions of them in terms of their exemptions from basic Aristotelian laws. Jon Awbrey o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o inquiry e-lab: http://stderr.org/pipermail/inquiry/ mwb: http://www.mywikibiz.com/Directory:Jon_Awbrey knol: http://knol.google.com/k/-/-/3fkwvf69kridz/1 mathweb: http://www.mathweb.org/wiki/User:Jon_Awbrey planet math: http://planetmath.org/?op=userobjs;id=15246 proof wiki: http://www.proofwiki.org/wiki/User:Jon_Awbrey o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o