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jal278 | 2 years ago

Where is the firm dividing line that separates math from philosophy?

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bossyTeacher|2 years ago

Simple. Metaphysics is not math. Ethics is not math. Really, the only intersection is formal logic (until a certain German/Austrian mathematician blew it all up with his annoying theorems)

jal278|2 years ago

But applied mathematics can have ethical impact -- e.g. the concept of whether a human should trust the output of a particular language model. So GP's idea of 'trust' not applying because an object has its basis in math seems like a false dividing line. Ultimately everything can be grounded in things such as math as far as we know, although its not useful to reason about e.g. ethics from thinking about the mathematics of neuronal behavior.