Re: Epistemology 201: The Science of Science
From: Albert (albertwagner_at_cox.net)
Date: 02/25/05
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Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2005 21:20:14 -0600
Wolf Kirchmeir wrote:
> Albert wrote:
>
>> stephen@nomail.com wrote:
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> [...]
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>>> You appear to be degenerating into
>>> some sort of anti-mathematics rant.
>>
>>
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>> No. Not anti-mathematics. I object to unnecessary obfuscation by
>> mathematicians.
>
> [...]
>
> "Unnecessary?" By what criteria? Everey "obfuscation" in mathematics
> came about when someone noticed an ambiguity or vaguness in a concept.
>
> As for obfuscation, how about Eliot's "objective correlative?"
Never heard of it. Tell me about it.
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