From: Mark Steven Heyman (markheyman@infoproconsulting.com)
Date: Wed Feb 09 2005 - 05:31:22 GMT
Hi Scott,
I'm interested in this one point...
On 8 Feb 2005 at 21:33, Scott Roberts wrote:
Scott:
When it [what Scott believes to be a fuzzy understanding of the word
'empirical'] results in someone saying that we know empirically that
the square root of two has no rational solution, or that we know
empirically that what mystics experience is an "undifferentiated
aesthetic continuum", then the word "empirical" has lost all value.
msh says:
I thought I made a pretty good case for the empirical foundations of
mathematics, which you may or may not remember. I agree with you on
clause 2, above, but think math is quite firmly rooted in our
empirical "grasp" of the world.
Should I state my case again, or can you find it in your records or
in the archive? I'm pretty sure you never responded to it (nor has
anyone else), but I could be wrong, obviously. I'd be interested to
know what you think.
Best,
Mark Steven Heyman (msh)
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