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To: AmishDude

So you are saying that mathematics wouldn't exist if we humans didn't?

Wouldn't the reality that we humans attempt to explain with math and science still exist?








40 posted on 04/11/2006 3:49:42 PM PDT by dhs12345
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To: dhs12345
Wouldn't the reality that we humans attempt to explain with math and science still exist?

This question has been around a long time and the final answer is not in. Math and science majors should be encouraged to read some philosophy so they might have an idea what it is they are trying to do.

43 posted on 04/11/2006 3:53:44 PM PDT by RightWhale (Off touch and out of base)
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To: dhs12345
So you are saying that mathematics wouldn't exist if we humans didn't?

Well, I think so. But that's like a "tree falls in the forest"-type question.

Wouldn't the reality that we humans attempt to explain with math and science still exist?

I think you're conflating "science" with "nature". Science is a process. It's the application of the scientific method. It's the same thing as mathematics in that sense. If there's no one to perform the science, it will not occur. But nature will still be there.

44 posted on 04/11/2006 3:53:45 PM PDT by AmishDude (AmishDude, servant of the dark lord Xenu.)
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