Re: Mathematics, Pseudomathematics, Artificial Intelligence
From: Mike Oliver (mike_lists_at_verizon.net)
Date: 02/14/05
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Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2005 10:56:29 -0600
Herman Jurjus wrote:
> One more remark that's perhaps interesting (given that Petry claims
> Cantor's motives were religious). Poincare reports that Hermite at one
> time expressed anti-Cantoreanist leanings, exactly for religious
> reasons. Hermite felt that 'the infinite' was something to be left to
> God, and when handled by us humble earthlings could only lead to disaster.
>
> So it looks that Hermite agreed with Petry on this, only... -his- was
> the religious point of view, not Cantor's. There you have it: there's
> always a second side to a story. <g>
I think there is no doubt that Cantor had a theological agenda. Not
that there's anything wrong with that. The view you attribute to
Hermite was a rather common one, and one that Cantor specifically
addressed, in theological terms.
Of course this is quite different from saying that set theory
as practiced today is theology.
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