Re:The Unfortunate Fallout of Campus Postmodernism
by danharaj on Wednesday October 25, 2017 @03:04PM
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Show me the mathematical theory of truth.
Re:The Unfortunate Fallout of Campus Postmodernism
by bumbledraven on Wednesday October 25, 2017 @04:00PM
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^^^^ There's the goalpost you just moved.
Re:The Unfortunate Fallout of Campus Postmodernism
by danharaj on Wednesday October 25, 2017 @04:07PM
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> because that's not the same thing as a there being "no absolute truth" in mathematics.
what else is this going to mean? "absolute truth" in mathematics should be a mathematical concept. Is that not the definition of "in mathematics"? I don't think you should accuse me of moving the goalposts when they aren't clearly... posted.
Re:The Unfortunate Fallout of Campus Postmodernism
by bumbledraven on Wednesday October 25, 2017 @04:31PM
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"Absolute truth" has nothing to do with a mathematical definition of truth. Simple English Wikipedia [https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absolute_truth] even lists several mathematical truths as examples of absolute truths:
> For example, there are no round squares. There are also no square circles. The angles of a triangle add up to 180 degrees.
What? No, it's not. Your attempt to justify this with the statement that "arithmetic truth cannot be defined in arithmetic" fails, because that's not the same thing as a there being "no absolute truth" in mathematics.