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- Newsgroups: sci.logic
- Path: sparky!uunet!mcsun!sunic!sics.se!torkel
- From: torkel@sics.se (Torkel Franzen)
- Subject: Re: Do completed infinite totalities exist? Was: Lowneheim-Skolem theorem
- In-Reply-To: paul@mtnmath.UUCP's message of 22 Nov 92 18:23:51 GMT
- Message-ID: <TORKEL.92Nov22231254@bast.sics.se>
- Sender: news@sics.se
- Organization: Swedish Institute of Computer Science, Kista
- References: <1992Nov17.124233.24312@oracorp.com> <TORKEL.92Nov22115549@echnaton.sics.se>
- <371@mtnmath.UUCP>
- Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1992 22:12:54 GMT
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- In article <371@mtnmath.UUCP> paul@mtnmath.UUCP (Paul Budnik) writes:
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- >I disagree that most people who use this concept do not need to know or care
- >about formal systems. It may be a pragmatic reality given the way mathematics
- >functions today. I do not think it makes for good mathematics in the long
- >run.
-
- The "pragmatic reality" of present day mathematics is what my comments
- have been about. The mathematics you envisage, which is pretty opaque
- to me, may or may not be viable. By all means develop and present it.
- I see no point in arguing about hypothetical mathematics.
-