When I say that the possibilities can be listed in principle, what I mean is that there some set S that contains them and make no reference to any practical problems with describing or storing its elements. Like the points and lines of geometry, it’s a Platonic idealization.
There was a suggested fix to your problem in the post, why isn’t that good enough for you?
Because talk of magical symbols is a good sign that the passage was meant to ridicule the use of infinity. The very next paragraph seeks to expunge such “magical symbols” from probability theory.
If he has a rigorous way to ground probability theory without 0 and 1, I’m fine with it. He seemed to be saying that he wishes there was such a way, but until someone develops one, he’s stuck with magical symbols. He acknowledges all your problems in the end of the post.
When I say that the possibilities can be listed in principle, what I mean is that there some set S that contains them and make no reference to any practical problems with describing or storing its elements. Like the points and lines of geometry, it’s a Platonic idealization.
Because talk of magical symbols is a good sign that the passage was meant to ridicule the use of infinity. The very next paragraph seeks to expunge such “magical symbols” from probability theory.
If he has a rigorous way to ground probability theory without 0 and 1, I’m fine with it. He seemed to be saying that he wishes there was such a way, but until someone develops one, he’s stuck with magical symbols. He acknowledges all your problems in the end of the post.