Date: Mon, 02 Feb 1998 10:06:33 +0100
From: Paul Mathias <pmat-AT-ext.jussieu.fr>
Subject: Re: PLC: sets


Metin Aktay wrote:

> > > "Cogito ergo sum,"
>
> with no disrespect to Rene, can one not have some snide remarks by
> saying:
>
> is it not a bit of bootstrapping this cogito ergo sum business since
> sum is a definition made by cogiting, thus is it not equivalent to
> saying
> "since sd=at therefore sd=at" ?

Yes and no. The problem is with the formula, not the thought. That's why
René changed the formula and substituted a comma to 'ergo'. But still:
it's not a conclusion, though expressed as if it were one...

p.





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