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6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 4. Using Numbers / g. Applying mathematics

19677	What is mathematically conceivable is absolutely possible [Meillassoux]
	Full Idea: We must establish the thesis that what is mathematically conceivable is absolutely possible.
	From: Quentin Meillassoux (After Finitude; the necessity of contingency [2006], 5)
	A reaction: The truth of this thesis would permanently establish mathematics as the only possible language of science. Personally I have no idea how you could prove or assess such a thesis. It is a lovely speculation, though. 'The structure of the possible' (p,127)