From: "John Mingers" <orsjm-AT-razor.wbs.warwick.ac.uk> To: bhaskar-AT-jefferson.village.virginia.edu Date: Thu, 2 Oct 1997 11:51:08 GMT Subject: BHA: Is maths real? Hi Following from the discussion of probability, I would be very interested to hear what people think about the ontological status of mathematical concept within CR - ie are they real, do they exist? If so in what sense or through what criterion? How do they differ ontologically ffom eg physical entities? Are they _discoveries_ in a domain independent of ourselves or are they simply human _inventions_ ? John John Mingers, Senior Lecturer in Operational Research and Systems, Warwick Business School, Internet: J.Mingers-AT-warwick.ac.uk University of Warwick, fax: +1203 524539 Coventry CV4 7AL, UK. phone: +1203 522475 WWW: http://www.wbs.warwick.ac.uk/infosys/ors/jm.htm --- from list bhaskar-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu ---
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