Re: Numbers

From: Brent Meeker <meekerdb.domain.name.hidden>
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 16:31:36 -0800

Quentin Anciaux wrote:
> Le Jeudi 16 Mars 2006 21:27, peterdjones.domain.name.hidden a écrit :
>
>>Quentin Anciaux wrote:
>>
>>>What properties of the multiverse would render only one mathematical
>>>object real and others abstract...
>>
>>A non-mathematical property. Hence mathematics alone is not sufficient
>>to explain
>>the world. QED.
>
>
> Hmmm... okay, so last questions what is an abstract thing ? what does it means
> to be abstract ? what render a thing real ? what does it means for it to be
> real ? what does it means to be real ?

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Brent Meeker

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