Does inductive reasoning lead to knowledge?
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From: jmfbahciv on 8 Jan 2010 10:04 dorayme wrote: > In article <hi6vno031jr(a)news3.newsguy.com>, > "J. Clarke" <jclarke.usenet(a)cox.net> wrote: > >> I'm seeing "axiom" >> tossed around here by people who clearly don't understand how the term is >> used in mathematics. > > You are seeing no such thing, you are a hypocrite. You tried your best > to manufacture this and when things go sticky for you, you turned to > personal denigration. It is all there on the record. > I think you are confusing posters. /BAH
From: PD on 8 Jan 2010 09:56 On Jan 7, 11:29 pm, Michael Gordge <mikegor...(a)xtra.co.nz> wrote: > On Jan 8, 6:24 am, PD <thedraperfam...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > I know what you're asking. I asked you whether Euclid's fifth > > postulate is a postulate or not. > > What are the premises? Are the lines converging or they parallel? They > cant be both. Perhaps you should quote the fifth postulate to answer your own idiotic question. > > You do realize there are no lines in reality, they are mind dependent > and only matter to man's survival, when a problem of matter / survival > is solved with them. Ah, so since there are no lines in reality, then by that claim Euclid's Fifth Postulate is not a postulate? I'm just trying to get a yes or no answer out of you. You seem to be challenged by simplicity. > > MG
From: J. Clarke on 8 Jan 2010 09:43 dorayme wrote: > In article <hi6vno031jr(a)news3.newsguy.com>, > "J. Clarke" <jclarke.usenet(a)cox.net> wrote: > >> I'm seeing "axiom" >> tossed around here by people who clearly don't understand how the >> term is used in mathematics. > > You are seeing no such thing, you are a hypocrite. You tried your best > to manufacture this and when things go sticky for you, you turned to > personal denigration. It is all there on the record. Uh huh. Find a PhD mathematician who disagrees with me.
From: Marshall on 8 Jan 2010 10:33 On Jan 8, 6:43 am, "J. Clarke" <jclarke.use...(a)cox.net> wrote: > dorayme wrote: > > In article <hi6vno03...(a)news3.newsguy.com>, > > "J. Clarke" <jclarke.use...(a)cox.net> wrote: > > >> I'm seeing "axiom" > >> tossed around here by people who clearly don't understand how the > >> term is used in mathematics. > > > You are seeing no such thing, you are a hypocrite. You tried your best > > to manufacture this and when things go sticky for you, you turned to > > personal denigration. It is all there on the record. > > Uh huh. Find a PhD mathematician who disagrees with me. Find a PhD logician who thinks that's a good argument. Marshall
From: DanB on 8 Jan 2010 10:46
PD wrote: > On Jan 7, 11:29 pm, Michael Gordge<mikegor...(a)xtra.co.nz> wrote: > I'm just trying to get a yes or no answer out of you. You seem to be > challenged by simplicity. His forte is 'ewe' baby talk. Don't expect more. |