tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051900695500866545.post7626876417692237710..comments2024-02-21T10:52:29.090-08:00Comments on Good Words Unlimited--Language, Poetry, Gardens: Is Two Plus Two Really Four?Good Words Unlimitedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01282038569014777217noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051900695500866545.post-45644565813954686852016-03-03T00:49:56.931-08:002016-03-03T00:49:56.931-08:00Just an interesting thought here...sometimes it de...Just an interesting thought here...sometimes it depends on context. Did you know 1+1+1? Yes, if you're talking about one man + one woman = one child, in the context of sexual intercourse. Or what about the context of a man and woman coming to together but losing the baby. Then the conclusion would be 1+1=0. Or triplets? lol I could go on but I think you get the idea. Just a thought, not trying to argue either way. Interesting article by the way!::Naasson::https://www.blogger.com/profile/00512198956093016630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051900695500866545.post-29146650794642906652016-02-11T09:16:47.422-08:002016-02-11T09:16:47.422-08:00This is not about the meaning of words but about t...This is not about the meaning of words but about the ontology of language and the ontology and of concepts and their relation to what would be called "being." You're skirting around the fact, assuming the validity of the thing under consideration. "If you accept this...." then you are already inside language, and therefore outside of the question which is being asked. If you want to do math, then you will always say 2+2=4. But insofar as "2" is a word, a sign, representing a concept, it is not something that exists apart from consciousness. It doesn't exist in the universe outside of language. Hence the statement that it is always and everywhere true is either tautology of nonsense. Nothing to marvel at. Good Words Unlimitedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01282038569014777217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051900695500866545.post-65549189946789693632016-02-07T14:53:24.373-08:002016-02-07T14:53:24.373-08:00This is really about the meaning of 'words'...This is really about the meaning of 'words'. No matter what number system is used, the fact remains that a singular unit ("one") is distinct from 'zero' (nothingness). You cannot have a fractional part without the definition of a whole.<br />A binary existence (something either is, or isn't) is fundamental to, well, everything. If you accept this, then 2+2, or any other mathematical concept, must follow. Acceptance doesn't enter the picture, really. These things exist outside of our judgement of them.<br />Denial of these basic concepts just enters gobbledygook into the conversation.<br />There is plenty of non-mathematical thinking to be done, and plenty of gradations within that. That is enough to keep the philosophers employed without getting into definitions of 'unity' and 'multiplicity'.<br />Also, our language doesn't handle things well. Note the difficulty physicists have with the confusing non-intuitive nature of quantum realities. Even the math tends to fall well short there.<br />Damn. Now my brain stem aches.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com