Of course zero existed. We just didn't have a name for it that went beyond "nothing."
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Replying to @GregCampNC
You know enough philosophy to know that there are different takes on what counts as real, true, universal, etc. A rose & all.
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Replying to @arawilson
Logic describes reality. We discover principles about that. Some cultures discover more than others, but that doesn't make reality dependent on one's culture.
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Replying to @GregCampNC
Tree in forest debates. Rose by any other name. Those are cliches because different schools exist.
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Replying to @arawilson
No matter what culture you're from, water is made of two atoms of hydrogen and one of oxygen, even if you don't know that.
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Replying to @GregCampNC
Unless it's made from the water spirits. Ya feel me?
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Replying to @GregCampNC
Much of this is about what reality means. I consider social facts real.
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Replying to @arawilson
Real in the social context. But not real as in physical characteristics of the universe.
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I've been in love with physics since childhood, but in college, physics said let's just be friends.
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