Richard Townsend

Yet, without measurement, nothing may exist. Even thinking is measurement, I would argue, or put more simply, 'noticing things', which is what we are ...

I was using the word 'merely' to denote that it seems there exists no pre-existing 'grand scheme' external to our perceptions so, that it is we who ha...

This statement does not seem to have any consistency. You seem to be contradicting yourself.

Surely, if space and time exist as concepts, they exist!

Is this a riddle?

If space and time cannot be measured then why do they exist? Or are you saying they don't really exist?

Yes, i.e., a representation of the physical world in the same way as mathematics is. But mathematics is NOT the physical world. We have to use ciphers...

tim, may I ask you what you mean by 'knowing?' I need some more clarification.

Could we postulate that as space and time are things we can measure, therefore, they exist? This is summed up in the idea "I think, therefore, I am.' ...

I think this shows that mathematics is both intuitive and formal at the same time. We shouldn't forget that mathematics is a creation of more than one...

Darkness is what you make of it...

tim wood, the problem is, any 'proof' will simply mean proof of what we have observed, ergo, a subjective kind of proof. One cannot step out of one's ...

wonderer1, exactly, so what we term 'reality' may only really be our subjective reality and bear no resemblance to the truth. What is the term? 'You c...

Can we not regard our experiences of 'the real world' as something which is being filtered through our sensory system, which can be likened to a kind ...