PROFOUND: UNRIGOROUS THOUGHT IS NOT USELESS —“We are not contending that ideal

PROFOUND: UNRIGOROUS THOUGHT IS NOT USELESS

—“We are not contending that idealistic mathematics is worthless from the constructive point of view. This would be as silly as contending that unrigorous mathematics is worthless from the classical point of view. Every theorem proved with idealistic methods presents a challenge: to find a constructive version, and to give it a constructive proof.” — (Bishop 1967, Preface, page x)

Now… lets translate this into the moral domain:

—“I am not contending that any rational method is worthless for the purpose of truth-telling. That would be silly. Unrigorous thought is useful – we can arrive at theories by whatever means it is possible for us to do so. Every theory that survives by unrigorous – meaning rational – means, presents us with a challenge: to find an operational version and therefore demonstrate that it is existentially possible, open to observation, and therefore something that it is possible to testify to.”—

Curt Doolittle

The Propertarian Institute

Kiev, Ukraine