FOM: advanced logic of Shipman
Kanovei
kanovei at wminf2.math.uni-wuppertal.de
Thu Oct 1 12:28:23 EDT 1998
Shipman wrote:
<then all mathematics can be seen as "advanced logic" and logicism is a complete
<success
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Mathematics is "advanced logic" perhaps only if you understand
"logic" as a description of basic rules of mathematical
thought which (the rules) were first (historically) determined
by *counting pebbles*, so to speak.
Simillarly: USA home politics is "advanced constitution of USA".
Vladimir Kanovei
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