Theos-Talk Archives (January 1997 Message tl00119)

Tom Robertson writes:
>
>Bart Lidofsky wrote:
>
>>Mathematics is an entirely artificial system, and can be
>>changed at will. In general, however, the change has to be
>>useful in order for it to be widely accepted. The most
>>recent major change in the laws of mathematics was the
>>invention of imaginary numbers. 
>
>The laws of mathematics are eternal and changeless.  Like the laws of
>morality and physics, they can be discovered, but never invented.
I agree Platonically.
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