There's an old saying, "people see what they want to see", and it's very relevant because it discloses how one's intentions influence the way a person...
I wasn't making an argument, just pointing out what is obvious to many philosophers. If you close your eyes to the obvious, and deny it when someone p...
I don't think that's the case, because to do work as a physicist is to follow the precepts of the discipline. Only if a physicist steps outside the di...
That physics has identified a "problem of time" demonstrates that the principle they apply, are deficient. The "things" that you say physics has shown...
I think this is actually the opposite of reality. Analysis of the problems which physics encounters with its representations of time, juxtaposed with ...
The fact that the gap between what is believed by materialists, and what is believed by idealists, continues to widen, is clear evidence that progress...
Doesn't "fully explain consciousness" imply both? So if the scientisitc approach asserts that science has the capacity to, or will have the capacity t...
"Necessitation" is a tricky word, because "necessary" and its derivatives have very many different uses. An effect, by that name is a contingent event...
As indicated in my first post, the conventional interpretation of Newton's first law is what produces the assumption of determinism. To get beyond thi...
The answer to the question of determinism could only be revealed with a thorough understanding of the nature of time, something human beings are very ...
There is another issue which needs to be considered, and that is the attempt to remove the margin of error through the manufacture of artificial initi...
Why do you like to quibble tim? I could respond to your quote with the following quote: But what's the point? Whether or not a real number is or is no...
No, it's an irrational ratio, that's the point. You might call it an irrational number, but representing it as "a number" is exactly where the problem...
Now why would you say a thing like that? The issue, as explained in the section following your quotes, is that in the application of real numbers, the...
The problem though, is this: So Del Santo suggests that the tiny uncertainty hidden by a faulty application of the principle of infinite precision, in...
If you read the ".999...=1" thread you'll see that Banno believes that a small nonzero quantity actually is zero, and considers the alternative as lun...
The determinist metaphysical assumption is very well expressed as Newton's first law. This law assumes as a given, the temporal continuity of any desc...
Sorry guys, but I know you all honestly believe in the true and real possibility of forever, but I'm a mere mortal, and cannot possibly entertain you ...
The idea that one is a product of zero. By "poverty of metaphysics", I mean poor metaphysics. And I consider infinitesimals as poor metaphysics, being...
That the procedure produces an answer to the question, and the fact that the person uses the procedure to produce an answer, does not prove that numbe...
First class example of deception. This is not necessarily a fallacy. It may be the case that the principles required to establish compatibility betwee...
I partake in this forum to learn, and to help others learn. Learning is a communal process requiring sharing and consent. I apprehend a difference bet...
I've already made the point numerous times. The op asks: "As a matter of representing numbers, wouldn't most be fine with 9/9 = 9 × (1/9) = 9 × (0.111...
Your so-called history of prime numbers is backward compared to what Wikipedia has to say: So, according to Wikipedia, and contrary to your claims, 1 ...
Denial is one of many possible responses. What kind of nonsense is this? Birds are animals too. What does laying eggs have to do with this? They are c...
Sorry, but we haven't resolved the question of whether "1" is the representation of a number or not. If you think it represents a number, then why is ...
It is the decimal equivalence which you are claiming that is what bothers me. That is the issue of the thread. You said 1/10 in base nine can be repre...
Sorry, I don't think I can answer this question. Do you apprehend, as I do, that making the "top casual speed" (whatever you mean by "casual") as c, i...
This is not true at all. If 1 is divisible, its divisibility is different in base nine from what it is in base ten. That's why I asked you to look at ...
I don't see how this discussion of pizzas or apples is relevant. You're just distracting from the topic. This is the subject, 1 as a mathematical obje...
The problem is in dividing "1". In different representations the problem will appear in different ways, as I explained before. The manner of represent...
I ignored your example for two reasons. It doesn't answer my question, and it's false. First, my question concerns the principle by which you divide a...
Space and time, as well as space-time are the concepts human beings have developed to understand their surroundings. We understand our environment as ...
It's not the case that I don't understand, it's the case that I understand but disagree. You've been at tpf long enough to know that this is common, p...
Having an idea which is inconsistent with the conventional demonstrates "a problem". I agree. I told Banno already in this thread, I do not believe in...
I didn't say any did. I imagine some have, or maybe not. That's not relevant because it doesn't mean that it's wrong for me to. Well, if you think tha...
This is applied mathematics. I was speaking about what fishfry called "pure mathematics". In case you haven't noticed, that is my intent. I'm sure you...
Some are, some aren't. Some are actively trying to fix them. There's not universal acceptance of all mathematical axiom because some mathematicians pr...
I disagree with this fundamental point, and reasserting it will not persuade me to agree. The fact that there is a repeating decimal when we attempt t...
Sorry, but I have no idea what you're talking about fishfry. The stuff you claim here makes no sense to me at all. When did I say I was just kidding? ...
Thanks for the lesson in terminology InPitzotl. But I don't see how expressing the remainder as a fraction resolves the issue of the remainder. The fr...
The thread might continue until someone produces an infinity of 1s, and you guys see that there is still a remainder. But then some smart ass will sug...
The further point, which is not a matter of fact, but simply an opinion, is that the expression ".111..." creates the illusion that the remainder in t...
The "unending 1s" indicates that there is a remainder. And, anytime we express the inverted division problem as multiplication, the remainder must be ...
I'm trying to learn the language, and I don't like inconsistency or contradictions within the language I use. Such things lead to misunderstanding and...
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