@litgenstein can one be a finitist (properly so-called) without being a mathematical platonist?
to me the two are inseparable
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Here’s a demonstration of 2 of my fingers and my 2 eyes. It’s as much as a physical distinction as my body temperature is.pic.twitter.com/bALk3bWipE
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Can anything be meaningfully separated from the medium that supports it? As a materialist, I am satisfied by my construction of 2. Same reasoning applies to the nonexistance of 10^10^10^10^10^10^10^10^10^10^10 as anything beyond an expression.
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It just seems like you’re not making any ontological claims at all.. You reject infinity or extremely large numbers, as you think they have no meaning.. but what about the age of the universe measured in seconds?
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