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| Mathematics is exact but incomplete & philosophy is un-exact but complete?
Do you agree with this? Also a bonus question(YAY lol). Do you think mathematics is more complicated than philosophy or do you think philosophy is more complicated than mathematics? Im open to any ideas. Thanks for answering and have an AWESOME day. Mathematics is incomplete as it cannot touch every single subject. Philosophy is inexact as the art of philosophy varies as people's perspective varies. no correspondence between mathematics and philosophy? they are both art of thinking, its just that mathematics is more focused on formula and sequence; and philosophy more focused on perspective and various knowledge. Philosophy is complete as there is no boundary on one's thoughts. Mathematics is incomplete as perspective is limited in rational thinking. And yes they can coalesce; 'philosophy of mathematics.' |
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That is a wonderful comparison at the base level.......... However, at the higher level, both mathematics and philosophy are less than exact but highly reasonable... and by no means complete... at that higher level, I feel they both have almost identical characteristics........ one of the important ones is that they both stretch our imagination to unbelievable limits and suddenly we find limits to our imagination. In my view, maths and philosophy are the two greatest lines of knowledge human beings have embarked on.... and it is no coincidence that great mathematicians have generally been great philosophers as well.
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Is mathematics incomplete? I've never read or thought about mathematics in this way. It's surely applicable in the world through physics, medicine, and engineering. A subject matter being complete or incomplete doesn't make much sense to me. Philososphy is unexact? I also can't agree or disagree with this comment because it seems to not make much sense to me. The problem here is the use of a term (inexact) that doesn't necessarily belong in the discussion about philosophy. Philosophy does not deal with being exact or inexact, but it concerns questions we can't answer by other modes of knowledge and methods. Because we can't answer a philosophical question precisely with a number doesn't mean it is necessarily labeled as an inexact discipline or subject. It's like calling a bird unintelligent. It's a bit of a categorical or logical mistake because simply, intelligence is a higher function designated to humans, not birds. Do you see what I mean? Complicated? What is complicated can be different for many people. I think you're looking for generizations where there shouldn't be. If you're looking for an objective analysis of which subject is more complicated, it sort of misses the point. Either subject can be "complicated", but what do you prefer? Mathematics and philosophy have nothing to do with each other, except in the tiny realm of the "Philosophy of Mathematics" if even it exists in discussion. It's like comparing very dissimilar things and trying to see which one is better. They belong in different categories of knowledge; they concern with entirely different things and mental processes required to execute a mathematical solution versus a philosophical solution are like night and day. I don't personally find any comparision meaningful, but I too can be enlightened to this. |
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