FOM: Objectivity and Truth in Maths

Ed Mares Edwin.Mares at vuw.ac.nz
Sat Jan 17 22:20:05 EST 1998


Ruben Hersh said:
>	Perhaps I misinterpreted you in criticizing your use of
>the mathematical term "mapping."  Perhaps you just meant interpretation,
>in which case perhaps we agree.
>

If by 'interpretation' you mean the semantic notion, then it would seem that
we do agree at least to some extent. -- Ed Mares
Ed Mares
Department of Philosophy
Victoria University of Wellington
P.O. Box 600 
Wellington, New Zealand
Edwin.Mares at vuw.ac.nz




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