Essay Abstract
ABSTRACT Physics (from Ancient Greek, "knowledge of nature") is the natural science that involves the study of matter and its motion through space and time, along with related concepts such as energy and force. More broadly, it is the general analysis of nature, conducted in order to understand how the universe behaves. ---from wikipedia. Mathematics (from Greek, "knowledge, study, learning"), often shortened to maths or math, is the study of topics such as quantity (numbers), structure, space and change. ---from wikipedia. With this definition in mind this essay will show that the reason mathematics as a tool to explore unknown territory, its ability to reveal new knowledge and prove or disprove existing knowledge about the natural world especially when combined with physics is so effective is because its original deductive premise, symbols 1,2,3 as the natural counting numbers, accurately represent at the foundational level a reality that our sensory perception and experience tell us really exists. Mathematics is mated to physics at the foundational level of both. The natural counting numbers correspond directly to one, two, three existing objects we intuitively subjectively and physical objectively perceive and touch. With a correct deductive premise and the certainty of the deductive logic the conclusions must be accurate and valid in the natural world. The world we say we exist in.
Author Bio
Gerry Klein is a retired Longshoreman, with an interest in understanding life.
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