Yes, I can agree that mathematical principles tend to describe
the Universe quite well as we humans perceive it at this point
in history from our collective subjective perspective. It has
predictive power, both forward and backwards in Time that is, if
one takes Time as on a line, which I don't, but that's another
issue tongue emoticon Yet mathematics as it exists, is just a
language like music or English, more akin to programming or
machines that do things. So, yes, I'm in agreement with you. I
understand what you're saying.
But it's mixing effect and cause and purpose.
WE invented Calculus.
Calculus happens to describe the movement of Bees very well in a
general way.
We've discovered patterns and described them in a form we call
mathematics.
The patterns seem to have existed beforehand, seems to have
predictive power.
If *that's* what you mean, then I can agree to that, yes. es, I
don't think we're in disagreement, just describing things
differently.
you and [1]Bat Mann are describing the Platonic realm and it's
one model of describing reality; that manner of thinking is the
cornerstone of Western formulations of descriptions of reality
and it works very well.
I tend towards an "embodied cognition" or "embedded metaphor"
model of reality, which roots itself in cognitive science more
than Platonic forms, so it might explain why my perspective
seems a little strange to you.
[2]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Where_Mathematics_Comes_From
Is more my way of thinking when it comes to mathematics. Or, in
a shorter form, I'm not an idealist. Nothing wrong with it, just
not how I see things.
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1.
https://www.facebook.com/mark.keane.39566?hc_location=ufi
2.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Where_Mathematics_Comes_From
