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Quote: it is absurd to say that "12*12=144 may be wrong" because agreement is the justification for this technique; calculation is based on agreement

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Topic:
number and arithmetic as part of language
Topic:
analytic truth

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Suppose that from now on, when we were … longer call this calculation at all. … The whole thing is based on the fact … X 12=144 may be the wrong result. Because … the agreements upon which our mathematical calculations are …   Google-1   Google-2

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