[Xmca-l] Re: Objectivity of mathematics

[Andy Blunden]

Ah! Of course. 1967. I was trying to hitchhike through Sweden that 
weekend. Gave up and went back to Denmark. :)
andy
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*Andy Blunden*
http://home.pacific.net.au/~andy/


Leif Strandberg wrote:
>
> Yes, we changed in September 1967 from left to right, then in May 1968 
> we changed from right to left (politically).
>
> Leif,
> Sweden
> 9 nov 2014 kl. 01:18 skrev Andy Blunden <ablunden@mira.net 
> <mailto:ablunden@mira.net>>:
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>> Oh dear! some times I despair of the possibility of communication.
>> That the Earth is round is a social convention, but it is not *only* 
>> a social convention; it has a sound basis in material reality. That 
>> is to say, Julian, no amount of discoursing and activity can alter 
>> the fact that the world is round. The roundness of the Earth is also 
>> outside discourse and activity, even though it is made meaningful and 
>> known for us only thanks to discourse/activity.
>> Driving on the right is subject to discourse/activity. In about 1968 
>> Sweden changed from left to right. RIght-hand driving is *only* a 
>> social convention.
>> Simple, eh? I would have thought so.
>> Andy
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>> *Andy Blunden*
>> http://home.pacific.net.au/~andy/ <http://home.pacific.net.au/%7Eandy/>
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>>
>> Martin John Packer wrote:
>>> And also that the earth is round is a convention! Go figure!
>>> Martin
>>>
>>> On Nov 8, 2014, at 5:55 PM, Julian Williams 
>>> <julian.williams@manchester.ac.uk> wrote:
>>>
>>>  
>>>> I'm struggling to keep up here... Surely I didn't hear Andy Blunden 
>>>> say that 'objectivity' implies stuff that can't be transformed? I'm 
>>>> sure I must have misremembered that!.?
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>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>  
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