Re: All Liar, No Paradox
Jon Awbrey <[email protected]> Thu, 08 Apr 2004 09:02:26 -0400
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o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o ALNP. Note 3 o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o | As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain; | and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality. It seems to | me that complete clearness as to this state of things first became common | property through that new departure in mathematics which is known by the | name of mathematical logic or "Axiomatics". The progress achieved by | axiomatics consists in its having neatly separated the logical-formal | from its objective or intuitive content. | | Albert Einstein, "Geometry and Experience" (1921), |'Sidelights on Relativity', Dover, 1983, pp. 28-29. | | http://www.bun.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~suchii/EonGeometry.html o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o inquiry e-lab: http://stderr.org/pipermail/inquiry/ o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o