[FOM] CH and mathematics

[Alex Blum]

Rupert McCallum wrote:

>--- Alex Blum <blumal at mail.biu.ac.il> wrote:
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>>In his recent entry in Philosophy of Mathematics:5 Questions, Solomon
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>>Feferman asks: "Is the Continuum Hypothesis a definite mathematical 
>>problem?"
>>Can someone elaborate on what the choices are or could have been?
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>Do you mean you want us to run through the different philosophical
>positions and say whether they would answer yes or no to this question?
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>Or do you want to know what the possibilities are regarding the status
>of the continuum hypothesis?
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No, just that if if is not a mathematical problem, what kind of a 
problem is it?
(Thanks for the off line replies and sorry for the repetition)

Alex Blum