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Are mathematical theorems components?

שו”תCategory: philosophyAre mathematical theorems components?
asked 1 year ago

Greetings to the rabbi.
I read in Kant’s introduction that he defines mathematical sentences as synthetic and not analytic. I read his words several times and I didn’t understand why. Do you agree with him? And if so, if you liked it, could you explain to me why?


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מיכי Staff answered 1 year ago
I’ve also often wondered about this. His example is 7+5=12, and in my opinion it’s an analytic theorem, not an a priori synthetic one.

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