http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immanuel_Kant

"He said, try to imagine something that exists in no time and has no extent in space. The human mind cannot produce such an idea—time and space are fundamental forms of perception that exist as innate structures of the mind."

I don't agree, if we had no such thing in mathematics, how could we develop spin networks (connections space where direction is determined by spin) for example. We can build space from connections what, taken separately, don't determine space.

• I do agree with Kant - secretary - December 29, 2003 - 16:23 UTC
  • How can we discover something what we cannot imagine? - tkorrovi - December 29, 2003 - 16:37 UTC
    • Can you imagine what an electron looks like - secretary - December 29, 2003 - 16:57 UTC
      • We can imagine what we know or suppose about electron (nt) - tkorrovi - December 29, 2003 - 17:12 UTC
        • But that is not necessary to discover one - secretary - December 29, 2003 - 18:40 UTC
          • Feedback that is merciful, just and humorous - quiet - December 29, 2003 - 19:18 UTC
          • Electron was not discovered a posteriori - tkorrovi - December 29, 2003 - 19:26 UTC
            • Hi Tarvo -- care to discuss the topic of this thread? - quiet - December 29, 2003 - 20:09 UTC
              • Yes, you talk to him - secretary - December 29, 2003 - 21:08 UTC
                • This was offensive (nt) - tkorrovi - December 29, 2003 - 21:39 UTC
                  • I'm not interested in such obviously meaningless messages. - secretary - December 29, 2003 - 22:03 UTC
              • I would like to talk to you, Mike - tkorrovi - December 30, 2003 - 14:45 UTC
                • Just hide me - secretary - December 30, 2003 - 15:49 UTC
                • Yes, Tarvo. We can talk - carefuluniverse - January 10, 2004 - 03:51 UTC