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Author: mimusmimus Date: Sep 8, 2008 17:38
On Mon, 08 Sep 2008 08:12:54 -0700, Jerry Kraus wrote:
> On Sep 7, 1:57Â am, Gene chewbacca.org> wrote:
>>>> Actually, I do believe in set theory. Â Did you know it was deveoped in
>>> the third century B.C. in China? Â The examples in the White Horse
>>> Dialogue effectively outline the basics of set theory and predicate
>>> calculus over 2,000 years before they were supposedly developed.
>>>
>>> http://faculty.vassar.edu/brvannor/Reader/whitehorse.html>>
>> Only a total ignoramus could call this set theory.
>
> Only an utter idiot would be incapable of seeing the White Horse
> dialogue as including the basics of set theory. You are an imbecile.
> Congratulations!
_Any_ halfway rational analysis of _anything_ includes the basics of set
theory.
Even propositional logic-- which with the laws of form are the only two
forms of analysis more simple and fundamental than set theory-- wouldn't
be too useful if there was only one thing with one property once to reason
about.
BTW, the _Tao Teh King_ includes the basics of the laws of form (binary
analysis, of course).
--
"The math is easy," said Chaos.
< _Thief of Time_
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