Re: Numbers, Machine and Father Ted

From: 1Z <peterdjones.domain.name.hidden>
Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2006 07:41:50 -0700

Bruno Marchal wrote:

> Le 26-oct.-06, à 21:11, 1Z a écrit :
>
> >> If your definition of truth is limited to logical inference given a
> >> certain set of axioms and inference rules, then what are we trying to
> >> do on the Everything List?
> >
> > That's *mathematical* truth.
>
> It is not. This is just provability. Since Godel we know that they are
> not the same.

We are not *forced* to the conclusion that
there *is* a kind of truth which is completely
separate from provability. Platonism is
*possible* in the face of Godel, but so is intuitionism.


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