1Z wrote:
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> jamikes.domain.name.hidden wrote:
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>>Possible things: possible in OUR (limited) view? or possible, even if we
>>'think' it is impossible (for us)? BTW Harry Potter things are all
>>possible, they exist in "our" universe, since human minds (part of
>>our universe) have it. So are the numbers (according to D. Bohm:
>>human inventions) - they are part of nature, since humans as part of
>>nature invented them with their minds -
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> Saying that numbers are invented suggests they could
> have been invented differently -- it does not capture the necessity
> of mathematical truth.
But maybe they are only nomologically necessary, i.e. any cognizant beings
who evolve will come to distinguish and count things. I believe that is
William S. Cooper's argument in "The Evolution of Reason".
In general I think terms like "possible" and "necessary" lead to confusion
unless their domain or context is spelled out.
Brent Meeker
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Received on Sun Aug 13 2006 - 21:36:34 PDT