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Rupert wrote:
> Similarly with set and membership. Mathematicians have a particular
> notion of set and membership in mind, and they can explain roughly what
> they mean. But they can't give a precise definition, unless they use a
> different foundation. The notions of "set" the "membership" are the
> basic notions in terms of which everything else is defined. Definitions
> have to come to an end somewhere.
>
Thank you very much for your reply.
I am not looking for a precise definition, but as you said,
"Definitions
have to come to an end somewhere."
So, my question, and to be honest I was driving to it from the
beginning of this thread:
Where do "beginnig definitions" (more correct than "end") come from?
Are they the "inventions" of mathematicians' minds OR absractions of
"discovered", (observed) reality?
Thanks for your thoufgts.
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