Even
in mathematics there is no one correct or universal math. In Where Mathematics
Comes From (Lakoff & Nunez, Basic Books, 2000), there are equally valid but mutually
inconsistent maths depending on one's premised axioms (354-55). This is
because math is also founded on
embodied, basic categories and metaphors, from which particular axioms
are unconsciously based (and biased), and can go in a multitude of valid
inferential directions depending on which metaphor (or blend) is used
in a particular contextual preference. Hence they dispel the myth of a
transcendent, Platonic math while validating a plurality of useful and
accurate maths.
PS: It's why I call this sort of postmetaphysical kosmic address Multipli City.
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