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Re:Has there been progress in philosophy? by avip on Friday May 25, 2018 @10:41AM (#17154140)
The point is there's no disagreement among mathematicians wrt the mechanism of (dis)proving claims. It has nothing to do with usefulness, consistency, or the set of axioms assumed.
Re:Has there been progress in philosophy? by foldr on Friday May 25, 2018 @10:43AM (#17154161)
There's plenty of disagreement among people who actually think about what it means to prove or disprove a mathematical claim (which is a tiny, tiny minority of mathematicians). See finitism, intuitionism, etc.

There is unlikely to be an agreed-upon mechanism for determining progress in philosophy for the obvious reason that what constitutes philosophical progress is itself a difficult and rather important philosophical question.

Re:Has there been progress in philosophy? by avip on Friday May 25, 2018 @10:55AM (#17154280)
The groups you've mentioned set forth their axioms and accepted logic and construct their math accordingly. There's no disagreement here, as there's no "disagreement" between Euclid and Lobachevsky.
Re:Has there been progress in philosophy? by foldr on Friday May 25, 2018 @12:06PM (#17155042)
There is disagreement about what constitutes an acceptable mathematical proof. E.g., is proof by contradiction a proof?
Re:Has there been progress in philosophy? by theamk on Friday May 25, 2018 @06:43PM (#17158739)
Yes, it is certainly a proof (in a most commonly-used logic systems)

There may be some logic systems where proof by contradiction is not a proof. The existence of such logic systems does not mean there is any disagreement between mathematicians.

Re:Has there been progress in philosophy? by foldr on Friday May 25, 2018 @07:51PM (#17159154)
No, it doesn't, but as a matter of fact there has been disagreement among mathematicians on those issues. See e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brouwer%E2%80%93Hilbert_contro....
Re:Has there been progress in philosophy? by goatlover on Friday May 25, 2018 @10:48AM (#17154210)
How about the philosophy of math? Do numbers exist outside the human mind/culture? Is the universe mathematical, or is it just a map? Does math say anything fundamental about existence?
Re:Has there been progress in philosophy? by majewsky on Friday May 25, 2018 @12:25PM (#17155263)
> Does math say anything fundamental about existence?

I'd say yes. Using the tools of math, we can construct and study (within our mind) infinitely large and infinitely detailed structures that transcend the finite bounds and finite fidelity of our observable reality. This is what makes math beautiful and meaningful to me.

Re:Has there been progress in philosophy? by branx on Friday May 25, 2018 @04:18PM (#17157530)
What exactly does that say about existence?