[Xmca-l] Re: Objectivity of mathematics
Andy Blunden
ablunden@mira.net
Sun Nov 9 05:11:51 PST 2014
You, quoting Anna quoting Foucault.
Andy
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*Andy Blunden*
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Martin John Packer wrote:
> Who has said this, Andy?
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> Martin
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> On Nov 9, 2014, at 7:41 AM, Andy Blunden <ablunden@mira.net> wrote:
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>> "Nothing outside the text" is a way of saying that "the text alone forms the object."
>> Would you agree, in the context of mathematics, that the text alone forms the object?
>> Andy
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>> Martin John Packer wrote:
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>>> Who has said that there is nothing outside the text, Andy? Not Foucault, not Anna, not Huw, not me, not Ed, and not Luis so far as I can see. If this is the question that is at issue for you here, I think you're the only person for whom it is an issue.
>>> Martin
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>>> On Nov 9, 2014, at 3:52 AM, Andy Blunden <ablunden@mira.net> wrote:
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>>>> Is there really *nothing* outside the text?
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