Comments on: Consciousness without senses http://www.reasonforliberty.com/philosophy/consciousness-without-senses.html Because everything has a reason! Sat, 14 Jan 2012 17:52:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Andy http://www.reasonforliberty.com/philosophy/consciousness-without-senses.html#comment-10446 Andy Mon, 28 Feb 2011 06:54:54 +0000 http://www.reasonforliberty.com/uncategorized/consciousness-without-senses.html#comment-10446 "Mathematical knowledge per say is not dependent on any sensation." How can that be said? Math is generated from numbers, which, I would imagine, is generated from interaction from the outside world. Which would require at least one sense. Math could have developed from rationing of food, or some other survival need. The splitting of portions could have given rise to counting, numbers, and so on. Just riffing here. “Mathematical knowledge per say is not dependent on any sensation.”

How can that be said? Math is generated from numbers, which, I would imagine, is generated from interaction from the outside world. Which would require at least one sense.

Math could have developed from rationing of food, or some other survival need. The splitting of portions could have given rise to counting, numbers, and so on.

Just riffing here.

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