Recent content by gezz

I'd say that whilst it might be difficult to know for sure whether or not there are things outside of our minds' grasps, all evidence points to there being something outside of it, merely because some things are too complex, for instance combining concepts that we can only vaguely understand...

Take another look and don't get bogged down in details until youve done some basic simplification. Work from the outside in and you should be able to rearrange this into something you're much more happy to deal with. Roco covered it pretty well when he told you there was one easy step you...

That's definitely a valid viewpoint there, and from a practicality mindset i would have to agree with you. But again i find myself wondering if at one point sensory experience could be cut off for mathematics to continue. For example, I'm sure less visual learners can make perfect sense out...

I'm not sure I'm posting this in the right section but here goes... For anyone that has studied both philosophy and mathematics, at any level really, i would like to know whether you think maths is a rationalist or empiricist study? For anyone who is purely a mathematician (and i salute...