Re: Truth (was Re: virus: Language)

Keith Elis (hagbard@ix.netcom.com)
Sun, 29 Mar 1998 22:29:18 -0500


ECheung76 wrote:
>
> To all these infinite as conceptual fans,
> Of course we can't prove infinite, but it does exist. Without this concept
> the wholesale understand of our world base on mathematic would collaspe
> because of internal illogicallity. A definition can't be proven, no
> everything need to be proved. But mathematic can't go without this concept,

Because math would be illogical, infinity must exist outside of math? I
am perfectly willing to agree that infinity exists as a mathemtical
concept. I do not yet agree that infinity is anything more than a
convenient mathematical abstraction.

> Euler the math-minor.

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