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I think it's important (whether it's new to you or you've forgotten) to familiarize yourself with the Frege-Russell definition of number. Here's a lin...

I am reminded of Existence Theorems in math, where it is proved that some mathematical object, number or property must exist, but it is either not pos...

I just heard about Gal Costa's passing. Damn, the world is getting old. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHDFZaMNED0

Hahaha. Almost missed this one. This cat person has feelings, you know. Your callous dismissal wounds me. Cannot cat people bleed? From now on, I woul...

Pretty much in agreement, but I think you're splitting hairs a bit finely here. The statement A\Rightarrow B carries within it the modus ponens argume...

Yup. Been making the same point, difference being I ... <hangs head in shame> ... never read the entire OP, so never clicked the link.

I don't think I've ever used the word "entail" in my life. Have you? I'm sure there's a Logic for Dummies out there. Please find it.

Speaking for myself, I've made it clear that there are two uses, or meanings, for "implies". One meaning is "suggests" (Those dark clouds imply rain.)...

Yeah, this also happens every time a non-math person starts a math thread on TPF. As much as you try to clarify the mathematical definitions for them,...

Ah, the oldest cause for argument in philosophy : failure to agree on a definition of terms. Bartricks is using the everyday, unwashed-man-in-the-stre...

It's a category error because you're judging mathematical notions of infinity by some dubious metaphysical standard. One that is vague at best. You ke...

G-d? Brahman? Pleroma? This isn't woo? Merriam-Webster : But whether you value such things is beside the point. I stand by my assertion : it's a categ...

Oh, you've been comparing math to woo all along. Seems like a category error to me. Carry on.

No, I don't think this is correct. To show that a set has the same cardinality as the set of natural numbers, you only have to show that the elements ...

Friend, as litewave pointed out, by your own argument, when you name a thing, you are placing a boundary on it. If you can, name two metaphysical iden...

Why can't you count metaphysical infinity? I assume you only recognize one metaphysical infinity, so haven't you counted it? One.

I was just about to post this very same response. Each line consists of an uncountable infinity of points, each plane consists of an uncountable infin...

I don't wish to be mean, but this strikes me as complete word salad. The Wayans brothers (In Living Color) used to do a skit where two self-educated s...

Um, the points of a line may be put into one-to-one correspondence with the set of real numbers, which Cantor proved to be uncountably infinite in 187...

If we admit that a line is not ontically determinate, then I suppose it's ontically indeterminate. I think your problem lies in equating "indeterminat...

If a line (not a line segment) is ontically determinate, I assume you can draw it in its entirety. No? I can't. Can you?

Oh, Banno. You're ruining our fun.

I would like a better definition of determinacy. You seem to be implying that the line is determinate because the line exists in its entirety in the p...

So width is length? And what is "uncurved" length? Still eager to learn.

Can you elaborate? Do you mean that the line is measurable? I know so little about math, but I'm always eager to learn.

I was thinking they could have named it after the old Saturday Night Live skit "Debbie Downer".

I don't trust that Bob. No one can be that nice. The weasel's up to something. When no one else is around, he probably leaves his toenail clippings on...

It's clear that the virtuous and good Larry is a much better person than lay-about, tree-hugging Bob. Anyone can see that!

You truly know nothing about math. Do yourself a favor and look up a term before spouting off nonsense about it. Mapping is a commonly used math term....

A being cannot be both omniscient and omnipotent. Being omnipotent means having free will to choose one's action at all times. Being omniscient means ...

Where do you get this from? This is not how mappings work. They don't repeatedly occur. Sure, two mirrors angled just so with space in between them wi...

This is entirely your own invention. Give one citation to support this. Just one. This is an example of you digging in your heels. You're so math-phob...

Another jokester. Lord, I must have left my sense of humor in the car.

Hee hee, very droll. Lost my sense of humor for a minute there.

Are you arguing that some undiscovered branch of math looms out there waiting to give new meaning to well-established results? Possibly but very unlik...

Don't know about quantum physics having multiple types of 0, but doubt it. No good. 0^+ and 0^- are used in limit notation to indicate one-sided limit...

Citation please.

Aah, so math only has meaning if applied. Then why have you spent an entire page exchanging banal musings about the nature of 0 with Srap and others? ...

Then I take it you don't recognize pure math as having meaning. I wonder what this implies for philosophy?

Why do you need an application? That was not the question being addressed. Most of your posts address the nature of 0 and mine have as well. What are ...

I was addressing the idea that 0 cannot be across from itself. Now you want applications? I don't get you at all.

Actually 0^0 is called indeterminate and has no value. Any rule you're trying to use to assign a value is not applicable.

I have no idea what you're talking about (BS in Electrical Engineering, higher degrees in Mathematics). How a reflection is constructed : Given a poin...

Okay, I'll give it a go. But you usually dig your heels in and refuse to hear otherwise when it comes to math. Try to have an open mind. I could offer...

Major Edit : "Opposite" is perfectly fine when discussing positives and negatives. One of the meanings of opposite is "across from". Consider the numb...

Think nothing of it (much as you do with math). In the past I have implored you to write up your math musings and send them off to prestigious journal...

Hee hee. Welcome to MU, the school of bizarro math, where up is down and black is white. There's only one teacher and he never studied math himself, b...

Things are going to get pretty bad, and you may get caught up in it. But like cockroaches, a few of us will survive. To fight pessimism, assume you'll...

Um, a bit muddled. So a mechanism has sensors, and an organism has senses. And an organism's senses are different from sensors - senses do not transmi...

When you want to claim consciousness for plants and bacteria, I think you place yourself in a tiny minority. To repeat : conditioned behavior does not...