barrington interview

António Pedro Marques · 08 Oct 2014, 14:28 · from 2014-October.txt.gz

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Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2014 15:28:48 +0100
Subject: (urth) barrington interview
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Could you gentlemen pinpoint what you're labelling as the universality of math?

No dia 08/10/2014, ?s 15:01, "Norwood, Frederick Hudson" <NORWOODR at mail.etsu.edu> escreveu:

> This isn?t the place for this debate, since I have no doubt that Gene Wolfe accepts the fact that math is universal, but I will point out that your mode of debate (the suggestion that I don?t accept your assertion not because I disagree with it but because I find it ?disturbing?) is, as Mr. Spock would say, ?Highly illogical.?
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> Rick Norwood
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> From: Urth [mailto:urth-bounces at lists.urth.net] On Behalf Of Thomas Bitterman
> Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2014 9:36 AM
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> On Tue, Oct 7, 2014 at 6:25 PM, Lee <severiansola at hotmail.com> wrote:
> I've had this debate before and I know it can be disturbing to the purely science/mathematically
> minded. But math isn't really "universal". It  a system of calculation created by the human mind
> which is part of a primate brain evolved from more primitive mammalian ancestors.
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> Is there an argument against the universality of mathematics that isn't  just the Genetic Fallacy?
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