Perfection only exists in the world of mathematics.
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That would also rule out some vast subfields of mathematics though...
That's true. I don't claim that all maths is certain, just that maths is the only arena one could attain it (I'm also subsuming logical structures into the realm of maths).
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Sounds to me like you're also subsuming perfection into the realm of logical structures.
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How could one attain certainty without a logical structure? That was Descartes' whole thing.. that the only thing he could be certain about is that he was a thinking thing, as if he were not it would yield contradiction.
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