> Even mathematics starts with presuppositions and tautologies stemming from "the number of things we can physically count", which happens to be an empirical base.
Could you please care to explain what do you mean? I am a bit confused by the 'counting of physical things' as there are many branches of mathematics that are not interested in numbers, or at least not in numbers for physical counting.
I have a very rough understanding of ZFC as foundations of mathematics but as far as I know the usuals axioms in ZFC do not involve numbers at all.
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> Even mathematics starts with presuppositions and tautologies stemming from "the number of things we can physically count", which happens to be an empirical base.
Could you please care to explain what do you mean? I am a bit confused by the 'counting of physical things' as there are many branches of mathematics that are not interested in numbers, or at least not in numbers for physical counting.
I have a very rough understanding of ZFC as foundations of mathematics but as far as I know the usuals axioms in ZFC do not involve numbers at all.