Cognition and closed systems
Mathematics is <em>a-priory</em> knowledge, a closed and self-sufficient system which con- nections with the material world are incidental rather than definitory. To make mathematics applicable and useful in a pragmatic sense one has to give meanings to numbers. The interplay between <...
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| description | Mathematics is <em>a-priory</em> knowledge, a closed and self-sufficient system which con- nections with the material world are incidental rather than definitory. To make mathematics applicable and useful in a pragmatic sense one has to give meanings to numbers. The interplay between <em>a-priori</em> and <em>a-posteriori</em> thinking leads to useful applications of the former. |
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