> A little late, but...
>
> This idea was destroyed by Goedel, or platonism was destroyed by Goedel?
> Wasn't Goedel a platonist himself?
Yep. There was a reason that thread ended:
http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/pipermail/lbo-talk/Week-of-Mon-20090727/010653.html
The Holt article is a lot of fun BTW. I think you'd enjoy it.
Michael