On 3/15/07, David Nyman <david.nyman.domain.name.hidden> wrote:
On Mar 14, 10:18 pm, "Stathis Papaioannou" <stath....domain.name.hidden> wrote:
>
> > Perhaps using the term "existence" for mathematical objects is
> misleading.
> > It doesn't mean they exist as separate objects in the real world, just
> that
> > they exist as concepts. This is mathematical Platonism.
>
> Yes, I understand. I guess I'm saying that nevertheless I can
> conceive of a radical negation in which even Platonic objects have no
> existence, conceptual or otherwise. Consequently AFAICS arguments for
> Platonic 'necessity' are in fact derived wholly from contingent states
> of affairs.
>
It's something Bruno, in particular, has discussed at length. Is it possible
that 17 is only contingently prime?
Stathis Papaiaonnou
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Received on Thu Mar 15 2007 - 10:46:43 PDT