Steve:
>Yes, that is right, two variables and no function. Saying A=(x,y) is
>merely giving a name (in this case 'A') to a point in the space R^2.
>There is no function.
I highly recommend to you Betrand Russells' "Our knowledge of the External
World" so that you can understand the 'proposition' which may or may not be
mathematized.
"Socrates is a man, all men are mortals, therefore Socrates is mortal." This
is not a pure form, but a particular form which may be converted to the pure
form:
Thing A has this property (M), things B all have this property (M),
therefore thing A has property (M).
A mathematical function is a brief symbolization of a process or processes.
So far it is an unspecified function (f). So A=f(x,y). That should be
helpful to you.
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>> Feeling is a function (A N. Whitehead).
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>And? I was not questioning this, but the vague and incorrect mathematical
>notation you were using.
No it was only incorrect in your mind. You need to study philosophy - the
essence of logic - not formal logic only.
john
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