Bruno Marchal wrote:
> Note also I have not yet seen physical theory which does not assume
> numbers.
Physical theories assume the validity of mathematical statements.
That doesn't mean the existence of numbers. Everyone agrees that
numbers can't be empirically detected, so if they don't exist that
changes
nothing about the theory.
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Received on Wed Aug 16 2006 - 09:45:20 PDT