Re: dhw--Epistemological Framework (Humans)

by David Turell , Thursday, January 20, 2011, 14:12 (5055 days ago) @ David Turell


> > My words have been taken out of context. The above quote follows on from an all-important distinction, which I will paraphrase with a mathematical example Einstein would have been proud of. If someone says "2 + 2 = 4 ... true or false?" I will say: "True!" On this common-sense level, truth and knowledge coincide. But on a philosophical level, God (or Big Brother, or Chief Abacus-Babacus) may tell us that he uses the symbol 5 for our 4, and he makes the rules. Therefore 2 + 2 = 5. -You may change the symbol for '4', but four apples are still four apples. Your philosolphy is stretched beyond any reality. Math true is math truth. Ask the folks in Hiroshema if e=mc^2 works.-> > 
> > As for the article, the author assumes the truth of mathematical equations, and also assumes the existence of God. On the common-sense level, I too accept the truth of mathematical equations that are accepted as being true by all those who are aware of them. However, this "truth" would exist even if God didn't. -However the fact that the physical activites of the universe follow exact math equations is still left unexplained.