Hi Jon, As a Peircean, I neverdoubted it for a minute. A true ;roposition is one upon which we will agree in the very long run. A real thing is any concept about which a true proposition can be uttered. I think that makes numbers, and right triangles real given that 3^2 + 4^2 = 5^2 and that the squire upon the hippopotamus is equal to the son of the squires on the other two hides. So they are real even though we will neverever touch one.
Weird. Nick ________________________________ From: Friam <friam-boun...@redfish.com> on behalf of Jon Zingale <jonzing...@gmail.com> Sent: Monday, July 22, 2024 6:22 PM To: friam@redfish.com <friam@redfish.com> Subject: Re: [FRIAM] New Mexican's Sunday's story on education proficiency Numbers are real things. The more one explores them, the more experiences one has of them, the more confidently one comes to rely on them.
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