Yes, Walter. I remember reading somewhere (now I can’t remember where) that most mathematicians and scientists tend toward Platonism wrt numbers. I, too, think that LW does not. And you are quite right on LW’s obsession with meaning; his whole philosophical career turned around showing what does and doesn’t make sense to say, and why. This obsession with meaning is surely one of the reasons I love him, well … not to distraction, but quite recklessly.
I think it’s good to love that way, at least a few times in life!
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Reason: trying to make sense
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