Timeline for Mathematical Platonism. Are numbers real?
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| Jan 17, 2023 at 5:10 | comment | added | Gerald | You sense forces. Forces can be expressed in terms of unit, direction and magnitude. There are three necessary components to specify. The electromagnetic force induces forces on your retina allowing sight and heat on your skin while gravitational forces exert forces on your whole body. The ground experts a force on your feet opposing the force of gravity, and is called the normal force. | |
| Jan 17, 2023 at 4:18 | comment | added | Hudjefa | First off, muchas gracias for your answer. It seems that to specify a number as a sensation is fraught with issues like the one you raise (units). So, how about this then: We experience rise/fall in sensations (objects getting heavier/lighter, a room getting hotter/colder, etc.). These gradations make sense only quantitatively and if you can sense them, you sense numbers. | |
| S Jan 17, 2023 at 1:50 | review | First answers | |||
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| S Jan 17, 2023 at 1:50 | history | answered | Gerald | CC BY-SA 4.0 |