[FRIAM] Can empirical discoveries be mathematical?

[Jon Zingale]

Beginning with Oxford,


*empirical*: based on, concerned with, or verifiable by observation or
experience rather than theory or pure logic.

Where then Nick goes on to argue, perhaps, that *experience of logic* is
*experience* and so "experience *rather than* theory or pure logic" is
meaningless. Then somewhere in hell's pub, far far away, Glen rolls his
eyes and wonders whether he should write about *scoping* or simply berate
Nick for navel-gazing.

But then, maybe this is the case for *logic* and not *mathematics*. Perhaps
mathematics *requires* abstraction, representation, and objectification. It
may be necessary to make bold claims like, "my love is like the integers".
At some point during the process, one has to decide whether a thing *has* a
front or a back or an inside to be out. Even the designation *married* comes
with baggage, to be taken for granted in the objectification process.

Ah, but if I have it correct, Nick also believes that *a day like no other*
is *no day at all*. Nothing can be known about such a day. The only days
are those that are like the integers (type) or days like today (class).
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