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> Math is mechanical reasoning. Math to philosophy is like assembly lines to
> automobiles. Where philosophy is a fine, hand-built car, science is a fleet
> of trucks racing across every facet of existence.
I'm not having that - philosophy produces the idea that cars might 'be';
science builds one weighing thirty tonnes; then engineers make something
people can use.
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