聖塔非研究所

對於我們無法想像的事物,我們能知道什麼?

2022 · 已發表論文 · 更新 2026/08/30 下午12:48

摘要 In this essay I will consider a sequence of questions, ending with one about the breadth and depth of the epistemic limitations of our our science and mathematics. I will then suggest a p…

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  • 日期:2022

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In this essay I will consider a sequence of questions, ending with one about the breadth and depth of the epistemic limitations of our our science and mathematics. I will then suggest a possible way to circumvent such limitations. I begin by considering questions about the 生物 function of intelligence. This will lead into questions concerning human 語言, perhaps the most important 認知 prosthesis we have ever developed. While it is traditional to rhapsodize about the perceptual power provided by human 語言, I will emphasize how horribly limited – and therefore limiting – it is. This will lead to questions of whether human mathematics, being so deeply grounded in our 語言, is also deeply limited. I will then combine all of this into a partial, sort-of, sideways answer to the guiding question of this

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