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Jan 30, 2006 20:53

Often in philosophy, 1 + 1 = 2 is used as evidence that there are absolute truths. i.e things that are absolutely true. If you have one thing and one thing, and you put it together you have two things ( Read more... )

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virtual_anima January 31 2006, 05:04:47 UTC

but that would make it... the opposite of what you said....

jeffrock January 31 2006, 08:36:15 UTC

2 + 2 doesn't = 5 because we say it doesn't.

This implies that we could have said that 2+2=5, which is silly. I don't see how it's up to us in any way.

virtual_anima January 31 2006, 15:50:17 UTC

Why is that silly?

jeffrock January 31 2006, 16:48:04 UTC

Because 2+2=4, not 5.

mindcontrol January 31 2006, 15:56:04 UTC

It's a good radiohead song, thats all I know.

rouchambeau January 31 2006, 21:51:34 UTC

So without people there is no such thing as "two-ness" or "one-ness"?

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