X-Message-Number: 21053 From: Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2003 06:44:32 EST Subject: Re: comments on philosophy --part1_1e9.ef22a4.2b7101a0_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: David 2090: > > Having said the above disclaimer, I would like to take a shot at disputing > the following statement, that I recently saw on Cryonet: "No amount of > mathematics can make an x be a y." > > > x = 5 > y = 5 > therefore, x = y > > > Would this count? > > David > Are they in the same field? What if we have a complex number: x + iy? x is real and y purely imaginary, the numerical equality don't implies x=y, only numerical value of x = numerical value of y. What about x a cardinal number and y an ordinal one? What that means? Even the simplest things may be argued pro and con indefinitely on philosophical grounds. But what is the use of such endless arguments? If it is about to know if a downloaded brain on an electronics system is the original thing or a copy, I would say that this is a copy, may be not so good than the original, but I'll would take that possibility without philosophical problem if it is the only way out of the grave. For me, the question is not: is something perfect, but starting from present day technology, what can we bought? Yvan Bozzonetti. --part1_1e9.ef22a4.2b7101a0_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" [ AUTOMATICALLY SKIPPING HTML ENCODING! ] Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=21053