>So this is false
In the second argument, could you tell me which of (1) and (2) are incorrect, and why?
If it's the quotes that are problematic, I'm fine to drop those.
The earth is round, regardless of whether people have this idea in their heads or not. You deny this?
>I already gave you the answer to this in the parent comment but you ignored it.
But I didn't disagree that ideas are not made of atoms. What I disagreed with is that propositions only exist insofar as they are conceived.
>(You're in good company. Plato got this wrong too, and he was no dummy. But he didn't have Alan Turing's shoulders to stand on.)
What did Turing do that proved that propositions only exist insofar as they are conceived? Or are you just talking about scientific progress in general?
In the second argument, could you tell me which of (1) and (2) are incorrect, and why?
If it's the quotes that are problematic, I'm fine to drop those.
The earth is round, regardless of whether people have this idea in their heads or not. You deny this?
>I already gave you the answer to this in the parent comment but you ignored it.
But I didn't disagree that ideas are not made of atoms. What I disagreed with is that propositions only exist insofar as they are conceived.
>(You're in good company. Plato got this wrong too, and he was no dummy. But he didn't have Alan Turing's shoulders to stand on.)
What did Turing do that proved that propositions only exist insofar as they are conceived? Or are you just talking about scientific progress in general?