Wednesday, June 24, 2009

on certainty 38


38. Knowledge in mathematics: Here one has to keep on reminding oneself of the unimportance of the ‘inner process’ or ‘state’ and ask “Why should it be important? What does it matter to me?” What is interesting is how we use mathematical propositions.



mathematics –

is designed as a tool –

and the action of the tool –

has no reference –

to inner process


© greg t. charlton. 2009.