Lezioni sui fondamenti della matematica

While at Loyola University Chicago I served as a teaching assistant for a number of their philosophy faculty and one member of the linguistics department, but mostly I worked for Father Bill Ellos either full- or, if shared with someone else, part-time. Since there were so many Jesuit collegians at

A great treat for all Wittgenstein enthusiasts. Alan Turing, who had also taught a course with the same title (but not the same subject, it turns out) is present at most of the lectures, and their disagreements form a large part of the book. In page 95 Turing says "I see your point", to which Wittge Leggi tutto

this was actually impossible for me to read. i understood maybe three concepts, and that’s only because i was helped. i think i’d have to read it at least three more times for my pea brain to wrap around what’s going on

p nice to follow along w i. think th way its presented as discursive dialogue makes it easy to follow along w and a bit mor engagin, doesnt feel like it draws to a conclusion or anything but does leav me w feeling of. a different understanding in how math/logic related

W taught a class. Turing took it. Shit got deep: you don’t math the way you think you do.

Cambridge 1939, Wittgenstein tiene un ciclo di trentuno lezioni sulla filosofia della matematica, a cui prende parte, tra gli spettatori, il matematico Alan Turing. Questo testo rientra a pieno diritto in quello che viene definito il "Secondo Wittgenstein", ed è un'interessante testimonianza della p Leggi tutto

I got this when our County Library system still had inter-library loan before the budget cuts took that perk away. The book looked as though it had never been opened, and I suspect it may be the only copy in the entire State, having come from a small college library collection. The interchanges betw Leggi tutto