[Xmca-l] Re: Objectivity of mathematics

[Martin John Packer]

Where, Andy?

Martin

On Nov 9, 2014, at 8:11 AM, Andy Blunden <ablunden@mira.net> wrote:

> You, quoting Anna quoting Foucault.
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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?
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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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