As I said, they may denote the same object, but we do not have the premises required to conclude that they do. In logic we cannot assume other premise...
Again, your argument that they denote the same object is fallacious. They may or may not denote the same object. They clearly signify something differ...
That mathematical Platonism is unpopular in today's academy presents an odd dilemma for mathematicians. Platonist principles support a huge part of mo...
That's bullshit 101. In logic, there is no object, we have subjects. To denote is simply to be a sign of. Then you're not addressing the issue we've b...
Denotation is a form of signification. As I said, this is only the case if there is a premise which states that Henry Fonda is the father of Peter Fon...
As I explained, they do not denote the same object. One denotes the father of a person called Peter Fonda. The other denotes a person named Henry Fond...
Are you going to address the points I made or not, Tones? Do you apprehend the flaw in your example, and the difference between what "the father of Pe...
To identify a point on a line is not to divide that line. So it's not really a matter of dividing which you are talking about. The proposed units woul...
If this is true, what you describe here, then it is impossible that "a true continuum is infinitely divisible. If marking points on a continuous line ...
If, the distinction between primary and secondary attributes is broken down in this way, so as to allow for the universality of mathematical applicati...
I apologize then, I misunderstood. I thought you meant that "2+1" could be interpreted as eithe of the following, (1) or (2). Now I realize you are in...
OK, so what in the expression "2+1" denotes that there is a result. Grand Minnow was insisting that the expression denotes a result. I don't see it in...
I don't know what you're talking about tim. To say "X will necessarily be terminated" seems very restrictive to me. Obviously, the cause of terminatio...
This was Ryan's term. You'd have to go back to see what Ryan was talking about. Essentially Ryan suggested replacing infinities with infinite processe...
If it makes sense, I'll take it. But so far all you've offered is inconsistency. Let me see if I can follow you. I see the number 2 denoted, and the o...
Sorry I left off the suffix, 'ly'. Try this: But a process which is said to be potentially infinite, which will necessarily be terminated at some poin...
It was synthesis who raised the idea that God is an absolute. I was just saying that this idea, of God as an absolute was in synthesis' mind. The mapl...
I think you've got this backward. The absolutes are ideals, they are within your mind. Things outside your mind are relative. "All things knowable (in...
What do you think improving one's intuitions would consist of? Aristotle placed intuition as the highest form of knowledge in his Nichomachean Ethics....
You seem to have missed the gist of the conversation Gregory. I said that when they are rounded off, or "terminated" in Ryan's words, such as the exam...
Ok, we we have the numbers 2 and 1 denoted, and the operation + is denoted. Where is the result of the operation denoted? It seems to me like you're j...
But spitting out numbers is not something useful. Useful is the application of the numbers towards counting or measuring, or something like that. If t...
In general, "2" denotes a number, and "1" denotes a number, but in this particular circumstance, "2" does not denote a number, and "1" does not denote...
We already discussed the difference between the rule ("program" in this case) which sets out, or dictates the process, and the process itself. If the ...
As I said, if this point is of relevance then the discussion is pointless. I can't believe that you do not understand the contradiction. Let' take the...
There is an issue of truth here. There is something there causing the form, and the concept of "field" attempts to account for whatever it is. If the ...
I have no formulation, and no desire to present one. The op asks if something has been proved, therefore we are invited to be critical of formulations...
How does "sqrt" change from signifying an operation, to signifying an object, simply by qualifying (or quantifying, if you prefer) it with a (2), with...
I said "faults", and I used "contradiction" as an example of a fault. That there is a "margin of error" is another indication of fault. When a small m...
The issue I am looking at, is not how things are viewed by "ordinary mathematics", it is what is meant by the mathematical concepts. If we adhere to h...
Sorry tim, but if I already knew the truth, then I wouldn't be looking for it, would I? Yes, that's about it. Speed is what we assign to the car, it i...
No, if "sqrt" represents an operation, then "sqrt(2)" represents that operation with a qualifier "(2)". This is incorrect, because "+" represents an o...
Isn't this the difference between an object and a process? We'd say "3" represents a static object, a number, but "sqrt(2)" represents an operation. W...
This is the point. When we use math to figure out things like instantaneous velocity, the volume of a supposed infinitely small tube, etc., it is impl...
What is real and fundamental in quantum physics is the points where particles appear. The wave function is the mathematical apparatus which predicts w...
This is doubtful, and seems to contradict the rest of your statement. If we're talking mathematical existence, I do not think that natural numbers hav...
OK then, show me this perpetual motion which you know about. That's why velocity is always an average, requiring at least two temporal points. Duratio...
It's not time for me to do that, I'm not a mathematician. There's something called the division of labour. The person who puts one's efforts into poin...
I didn't say it isn't perfectly fine English. I said you haven't properly identified the subject signified with "there", to which "exists an object" i...
I'm not looking for people to buy in, I'm looking for truth. If others are looking for the same thing, they might like to join me. Otherwise I don't r...
You cannot replace a missing wheel in this way. The cogs on one side of a wheel move in the opposite direction as the cogs on the other side. So if yo...
What about the effects of spatial expansion? When spatial expansion increases as time passes, and things start speeding away from each other faster th...
The point being, that you cannot take the arrow at a particular moment in time. This is an impossibility because time is always passing, and this woul...
No, because "a given instant" is not anything real which can be adequately identified. We can attempt to arbitrarily assign an instant to time, to mar...
Actually, I don't think you have.. You simply used "exists" as a verb, and verbs refer to actions which must be predicated of a subject to say anythin...
Sure, the object is described as moving, it must have a velocity. But it cannot have a velocity at an instant, if no time passes at an instant, just l...
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