Theos-Talk Archives (January 1997 Message tl00430)

Tom Robertson wrote:
> 
> On Sun, 12 Jan 97, Bart Lidofsky wrote:
> 
> >       Mathematics is an entirely man-made, artificial construct. It is as
> >eternal as a circle, since it is entirely made up of circular reasoning.
> 
> Mathematics is a discovery of objectively-existing laws.  No one can decide
> what these laws are.

	That is PRECISELY what happens. Someone decides on what the laws are,
and people either generally agree or disagree. If they agree, it becomes
part of mathematics. If they do not, then it becomes a footnote.

	Bart Lidofsky