How Automobile Numbers are Concealed

How Real are Real Numbers?

We discuss mathematical and physical arguments against continuity and in favor of discreteness, with particular emphasis on the ideas of Emile Borel (1871–1956).

Concealed Questions Are Structured

Questions in natural language typically consist of a proposition articulated into a foreground part, which evokes a set of alternatives, and a background part, which provides a function for distinguishing among those alternatives. For instance, the question Who left? asks which of the people that who quantifies over (the foreground) have the property of leaving (the background). Concealed quest...

Food Taxes: How Likely Are Likely Effects?

Numbers Are Just Numbers

Making good choices about retirement involves the processing of numbers. In particular, consumers must have easily available, accurate, and timely numbers, and they must also use them. Contrary to the consumer-driven approach, however, the evidence demonstrates that having an abundance of information does not always translate into it being used to inform choices. The challenge is not merely to ...

N ov 2 00 4 How real are real numbers ?

We discuss mathematical and physical arguments against continuity and in favor of discreteness, with particular emphasis on the ideas of Emile Borel (1871–1956).