Monday, December 29, 2014

Philosophical Grammar 106


106. When I think of what will happen tomorrow  I am mentally already in the future.” – Similarly people think that endless series if cardinal numbers is somehow before our mind’s eye, whenever we can use that expression significantly.

A thought experiment is like a drawing of an experiment that is not carried out.



when I think of what will happen tomorrow – what I do is propose a future specific state of affairs

as to an endless series of cardinal numbers – I propose a mathematical theory

a thought experiment is a detailed proposal for an experiment



© greg t. charlton. 2014.