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From: g-rh@cca.CCA.COM (Richard Harter)
Newsgroups: sci.philosophy.tech
Subject: Re: Classifying the Axiom of Choice
Message-ID: <24902@cca.CCA.COM>
Date: 24 Feb 88 03:25:22 GMT
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Reply-To: g-rh@CCA.CCA.COM.UUCP (Richard Harter)
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In article <25121@linus.UUCP> bwk@mbunix (Barry Kort) writes:
>In article <24871@cca.CCA.COM> g-rh@CCA.CCA.COM.UUCP (Richard Harter) writes:
>>Do I understand this correctly then that the Axiom of Choice is acceptable
>>to Christians, who are not bound by the Law, but not to Jews, since a 
>>posteriori knowledge is proscribed in Leviticus?
>
>Perhaps Richard believes that the Chosen People cannot also be the
>Choosing People.  I choose to believe otherwise.  :-)

	Nay, I was referring to the two forms of carnal knowledge,
a priori and a posteriori.  Upon reflection, it occurs to me that Jewish
physicists may not accept the axiom of choice because of the exclusion
principle.  However this would depend, I suppose, on whether they were
bosons or fermions.  Strangely enough, this point was neglected in my
education -- perhaps someone can enlighten us on this point.

:-)


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In the fields of Hell where the grass grows high
Are the graves of dreams allowed to die.
	Richard Harter, SMDS  Inc.