Re:Gary Moore At:http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.science.philosophy.peirce/15282
GM quoting Umberto Eco quoting Nicholas de Cusa:
To conclude (seeing that I began with Thomas Aquinas), I would to quote Nicholas of Cusa: “Only in a finite fashion is the infinite form received”, OF LEARNED IGNORANCE, II, 11).
Whatever he may have had in mind, Nick has most succinctly stated the aesthetic principle that proofs and programs bear in common. Cf. George Spencer Brown, 'Laws of Form', pp. 54 & 139.
A demonstration rests in a finite number of steps.
And thereby hangs a tale ... Jon -- academia: http://independent.academia.edu/JonAwbrey my word press blog: http://inquiryintoinquiry.com/ inquiry list: http://stderr.org/pipermail/inquiry/ isw: http://intersci.ss.uci.edu/wiki/index.php/JLA oeiswiki: http://www.oeis.org/wiki/User:Jon_Awbrey facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/JonnyCache
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