joanna == joanna bujes [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
joanna Trust me; he _is_ the only worthwhile philosopher I've
joanna encountered in the twentieth century.
You should really, really read Marilyn Frye's citeThe Politics of
Reality/cite.
Kendall Clark
--
Jazz is only what you are. -- Louis
At 05:11 PM 02/11/2003 -0800, you wrote:
Sorry about linear algebra. You didn't find eigenvectors beautiful?
No, but it may have had to do with my math teacher, he seemed to be
sleeping through the class too.
Joanna
Title: RE: [PEN-L:34622] Re: RE: Re: doublethink
I wrote:
no, I only wanted to stop the discussion if the concept of paraconsistent
logic remained undefined, vague, confusing, etc., with no specific example
of any sort.
Ian writes:
And I provided the list -including you- with a set
Forget Russell, read Wittgenstein. The Philosophical Investigations is a
real treat.
What I love about Wittgenstein is that he writes about very difficult
things in very simple languageas opposed to most philosophers, who
write about very simple things in very impenetrable language. At the
joanna bujes wrote:
Forget Russell, read Wittgenstein. The Philosophical Investigations is a
real treat.
i believe wittgenstein's cambridge lectures on the foundations of
mathematics might also be an interesting read in this matter. of
particular interest is the tussle between the hard-nosed
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From: joanna bujes [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2003 3:12 PM
Subject: [PEN-L:34577] Re: Re: Re: Re: doublethink
Forget Russell, read Wittgenstein. The Philosophical Investigations is a
real treat.
What I love about
At 06:28 PM 02/11/2003 -0500, you wrote:
but the russell that ian recommends we read is not the philosopher of
logical atomism or atheism or the silliness of marriage ;-). the
development of the formalization of mathematics triggered by frege
(peano et al) in the late 19th century and brought to
Carrol Cox wrote:
ravi wrote:
on the paradox, my potentially incorrect attempt at summarizing the
history and details:
Isn't it the same as the Cretan Liar paradox.
The Cretan says, all statements made by Cretans are false.
I don't know the exact history -- but Russell's discovery must
Sorry about linear algebra. You didn't find eigenvectors beautiful?
Peter
joanna bujes wrote:
I only like math because it's beautiful and elegant, but I have no
desire (and probably no ability) to understand why it is so. I
made it through Calculus and vector calculus...was bored to
On Tue, 11 Feb 2003, Peter Dorman wrote:
Sorry about linear algebra. You didn't find
eigenvectors beautiful?
Peter
I was always told that there were two ways to learn
linear algebra; the hard way and the easy way. And the
easy way doesn't work.
dd
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From: Devine, James [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Ian replies: He invites us to explore that which is neither irrational nor
embraces the law of non-contradiction and the law of the excluded middle. To
the extent those issues make contact [with] d-t, via associative
Title: RE: [PEN-L:34524] Re: RE: Re: RE: Re: RE: Re: doublethink
Ian had written :He [Nagarjuna] invites us to explore that which is neither irrational nor embraces the law of non-contradiction and the law of the excluded middle. To the extent those issues make contact [with] d-t [i.e
Title: RE: [PEN-L:34468] Re: RE: Re: RE: Re: doublethink
Ian: Nagarjuna was arguably the first philosopher to systematically explore and *break* with the limits of the applicability of the law of non-contradiction and the implications for ontology and epistemology.
me: so he ... embraces
Title: RE: [PEN-L:34461] Re: RE: Re: doublethink
Ian: Nagarjuna was arguably the first philosopher to systematically explore and
*break* with the limits of the applicability of the law of non-contradiction
and the implications for ontology and epistemology.
so he or she embraces
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From: Devine, James [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Ian: Nagarjuna was arguably the first philosopher to systematically
explore and
*break* with the limits of the applicability of the law of
non-contradiction
and the implications for ontology and epistemology.
so he or
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