There can be no enumerable list of axioms for the true statements of mathematics. No computational procedure could exist to determine whether propositions are valid, provable, or even equivalent. And no matter how you formulate the number-theoretic axioms, a mathematician would always have insights (for instance, about whether a Diophantine equation has a solution) that are both clearly “true” and obviously unprovable. This holds true for all digital systems.
Here is what we don’t know for sure:
The metaphysical implications.
Your distinction between science and philosophy is incorrect. Science is inductive and abductive. It can’t “prove” things. It’s not deductive. Mathematics and philosophy can prove things.
Philosophy also determines the formal systems we use as a basis of reasoning, for instance, in science.
Here is what we know for sure:
There can be no enumerable list of axioms for the true statements of mathematics. No computational procedure could exist to determine whether propositions are valid, provable, or even equivalent. And no matter how you formulate the number-theoretic axioms, a mathematician would always have insights (for instance, about whether a Diophantine equation has a solution) that are both clearly “true” and obviously unprovable. This holds true for all digital systems.
Here is what we don’t know for sure:
The metaphysical implications.
Your distinction between science and philosophy is incorrect. Science is inductive and abductive. It can’t “prove” things. It’s not deductive. Mathematics and philosophy can prove things.
Philosophy also determines the formal systems we use as a basis of reasoning, for instance, in science.
agreed
and here I disagree
Edit: aww, baby doesn’t like the philosophy of being disagreed with and blocked me. Should probably go back to kindergarten instead of college
Yes, of course you can prove things in philosophy. Have you ever heard of syllogistic reasoning? The basis of… you know… proofs?
All science is philosophy. Hence the P in PhD. Not all philosophy is science. Hope that helps.