Timeline for Is infinity a concept or a word empty of meaning?
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| Apr 5 at 10:00 | comment | added | Jo Wehler | @Kouty I agree that mathematics strives for clear concepts and logical argumentation of its proofs. But mathematics does not strive for necessity in the sense of necessary facts versus contingent facts in our world: Mathematics provides a whole bunch of geometries different from the Euclidean geometry. But mathematics does not ask which geometry explains best our observations in cosmology. | |
| Apr 5 at 9:40 | comment | added | kouty | @JoWehler I'm sorry for the lake of accuracy. I want to express that. Mathematical thinking has to do with necessity or moreover with purity of concept. On the other hand a game is made by arbitrary rules. And the only purpose of a game is the pleasure of gaming. | |
| Apr 5 at 9:06 | comment | added | Jo Wehler | @kouty Which game do you mean? Where does your question refer to "logical necessity"? | |
| Apr 5 at 8:13 | comment | added | kouty | But maybe by this way that the imagination doesn't touch knowledge, the rules of a game don't teach nothing about logical necessity. | |
| Apr 5 at 8:10 | history | edited | Jo Wehler | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Apr 5 at 7:50 | comment | added | kouty | Not down voted from me! | |
| Apr 5 at 7:41 | comment | added | Marco Ocram | Why the downvote? | |
| Apr 5 at 7:26 | history | answered | Jo Wehler | CC BY-SA 4.0 |