Mathematics, Logic, and Intuition Date: 05/27/2003 at 03:47:28
From: Anne Xavier Subject: Nature of math in view of logic and
intuition How is math related to logic and intuition? Date:
05/27/2003 at 09:08:37 From: Doctor Edwin Subject: Re: Nature of
math in view of logic and intuition Hi, Anne. Strictly speaking,
logic is just a kind of math. Instead of having values like 1,
99, or 2935112, in logic you have values of true and false.
Instead of operations like PLUS and DIVIDED BY, you have
operations like AND and OR. So instead of arithmetic equations
like: 4 PLUS 11 = 15 you get true AND false = false The
mathematical treatment of logic was invented by George Boole in
1854, so it's often called Boolean algebra. You can modify it to
include more human concepts like "90% true" or "90% certain that
it is true" (two different things, right?). Some people say that
intuition is a process that is beyond the explanation of logic
and mathematics. That's an appealing idea. It'd be nice to think
that there is a place