Re: Philosophy, Mathematics, and Science

Posted by Owen Densmore on Jul 12, 2009; 8:01pm
URL: http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/Analytic-philosophy-Wikipedia-the-free-encyclopedia-tp3235494p3247055.html

On Jul 12, 2009, at 1:54 PM, Nicholas Thompson wrote:

> Owen,
>
> Is the program we built together.... MOTH .....  a thing?

Yes.

> That's funny, because I have always thought of programs as extremely
> refined arguments.

No.  They are algorithms.  And can be built upon.

Ex: The probability based on population was new for us then and we've  
used it many times since.

> Programs and simulations show the entailments of an
> argument with a precision that no [other form of] philosophical  
> argument
> could hope for.

Indeed, that's our point, and the gist of Please God No.

    -- Owen


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