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An article by Richard Carrier, arguing against the "Platonic" take on mathematics and logic (again). The Law of Non-Contradiction is true in all possible worlds, since that is what "a world" *means*. Therefore, God isn´t necessary to explain logic (or math). The only thing needed is a (physical) universe. Carrier explicitly connects this with a materialist understanding of the mind.
I suspect this piece should really be read together with the next post on Carrier´s blog, "The Argument from Reason", but I haven´t yet read through it.
Note the comment by Fred B-C after "The Ontology of Logic", in which this commentator argues that logic is really a set of rules about how we use language, not necessarily a statement about the so-called real world (while Fred sounds atheist-materialist, he also has strong Buddhist sympathies). I admit that would explain a thing or two...
Is God neither a logician nor a mathematician, then? Maybe he is a crazy Buddhist Tantrika! :D
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