Date: Tue, 28 May 1996 09:16:41 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Re: Re[2]: waiting for Godel


Rahul
====Deep down, I imagine most mathematicians and physicists are
Platonic realists, although they recognize such a view is not strictly
justifiable.

Adam
===Deep down, most mathematicians are . . . mathematicians.

Jerry
====Gee, I thought that deep down, mathematicians and physicists are people too.
It may be true, however, that many mathematicians tend to analyze other
(e.g. social) questions using the axioms and philosophy of formal logic.
No doubt, there are *many* exceptions to this and we should recall that
mathematics and/or physics are their areas of expertise or vocations
rather than expressions of their personalities.



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