On Tue, Dec 17, 2013 at 4:11 PM, meekerdb <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 12/17/2013 8:43 AM, Jason Resch wrote: > > I think there may be a confusion of what I am suggesting. Let's say there > is some integer N, so large it cannot be described by anyone in this > universe. What I am saying is that exactly one of the following two > statements is true: > "N is prime", "N is not prime". I agree it is unreasonable to assert one > statement over the other in a universe where it is not known and not > knowable. However, whether the first statement happens to be true, or the > second statement happens to be true, that statement was true independently > of anyone in any universe proving it, and so it would be true even if there > were no physical universes or mathematicians. > > > Suppose I took the negation, "It is not the case that N is prime or N is > not prime" and the rules of inference of paraconsistent logic. Would it > make any difference to me? to anyone? > It would only violate the "law of the excluded middle". Jason -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
