Theos-Talk Archives (January 1997 Message tl00361)

Tom Robertson writes:
>>So ...you agree with the former statement?  To the untrained eye, perhaps, 
>>it sounds (hehe) like you just repeated what he has said.
>Yes.  I have heard that a temperature of -273 degrees fahrenheit is
>absolute 0, meaning that no temperature colder than that is possible.  But
>I don't see what that has to do with any law of mathematics.  And even if
>it did, without there being a change in the laws of physics (or whatever
>field studies temperature) the same thing will be true forever, since the
>laws of mathematics are eternal.    

I think I agree with you in regards to this string.  One of the many things 
that works well with the Platonic philosophy is mathematics.  Mathematics is 
indeed eternal and changeless.  The only thing that changes is the discovery 
of new ways to work with it, and the language and symbols used to describe 
utilize it.  Titus said something in another post that I have to agree with as 
well.  Invention and discovery go hand in hand.  With mathematics it is 
particularly true.  One can only discover the laws of mathematics if s/he 
invents a way to describe her/his discovery.
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The Triaist