11 ideas
19086 | Does the pragmatic theory of meaning support objective truth, or make it impossible? [Macbeth] |
15717 | Using Choice, you can cut up a small ball and make an enormous one from the pieces [Kaplan/Kaplan] |
18946 | Unreflectively, we all assume there are nonexistents, and we can refer to them [Reimer] |
15712 | 1 and 0, then add for naturals, subtract for negatives, divide for rationals, take roots for irrationals [Kaplan/Kaplan] |
15711 | The rationals are everywhere - the irrationals are everywhere else [Kaplan/Kaplan] |
15714 | 'Commutative' laws say order makes no difference; 'associative' laws say groupings make no difference [Kaplan/Kaplan] |
15715 | 'Distributive' laws say if you add then multiply, or multiply then add, you get the same result [Kaplan/Kaplan] |
19093 | Greek mathematics is wholly sensory, where ours is wholly inferential [Macbeth] |
19091 | Seeing reality mathematically makes it an object of thought, not of experience [Macbeth] |
15713 | The first million numbers confirm that no number is greater than a million [Kaplan/Kaplan] |
19088 | For pragmatists a concept means its consequences [Macbeth] |