Tom Caylor writes:
> I've been thinking about Platonia lately. I've just finished reading> John Barrow's "Pi in the Sky" book, and he seems to have gotten wrapped> around the axle in regard to mathematics and Platonia. I think that> mathematics is not primarily about numbers. Mathematics is about> invariance. Invariance is not about any *thing* (existence)> specifically. Perhaps this thought can shed light on this somehow?
What do you mean, "mathematics is about invariance"?
Stathis Papaioannou
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Received on Thu Jun 22 2006 - 20:34:30 PDT