Monday, May 5, 2008
Kant page 13
"The essential and distinguishing feature of pure mathematical cognition among all other a priori cognitions is that it cannot at all proceed from concepts, but only by means of the construction of concepts." So mathematical equations are synthetic meaning we "create them" and build meaning by putting context behind them where then we can analyze them based upon the meaning behind those figures.
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I think it is true that scientists and mathmaticians create formulas and equations because they try to figure out why certain numbers equal what they equal. Why does 2+2+4 is a great example because i believe that someone made it up. It was not a known truth that these two numbers equal 4 but someone create a way to prove that they do by collecting information and making it up.
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