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Summary: A good presentation of philosophy of math
Review: A good way to read about mathematical philosophy. A bit dry and heavy in parts. I don't know a lot about postmoderism but am learning, as many of the people I read and write about are postmodernists. People seem to rave about postmodernists but even though some are maybe out to lunch which is bad because they have responsiblilities for the disabled as psyhciatrists, they have some interesting points for thought. Don't get blind sided by postmodernism, study first year calculus at least in your fine arts degree.
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Summary: Great book
Review: I actually read this book at the recommendation of Gregory Chaitin (another reviewer) in one of his books. I have a great deal of respect for Chaitin, and it suprised me that he would recommend a peice of what I considered to be "postmodern rubbish." When I read this, I was really suprised. The author is not at all flakey (if this is what you're looking for, I recommend Sokal & Bricmont's "Fashonable Nonsense").Rather, the author actually does explain interesting ideas in an understandable way. The author apparently understands mathematics well enough to write about it, which is something missing from a fair number of philosophers who talk about mathematics. If you are looking for a new way of thinking about what mathematics is, then I highly recommend this book.
Rating:
Summary: Great book
Review: I actually read this book at the recommendation of Gregory Chaitin (another reviewer) in one of his books. I have a great deal of respect for Chaitin, and it suprised me that he would recommend a peice of what I considered to be "postmodern rubbish." When I read this, I was really suprised. The author is not at all flakey (if this is what you're looking for, I recommend Sokal & Bricmont's "Fashonable Nonsense"). Rather, the author actually does explain interesting ideas in an understandable way. The author apparently understands mathematics well enough to write about it, which is something missing from a fair number of philosophers who talk about mathematics. If you are looking for a new way of thinking about what mathematics is, then I highly recommend this book.
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Summary: Read it and think about it!
Review: This wonderful book digests more than a century of
Western philosophical thought and interconnects it with
the recent controversies over the foundations of mathematics.
Unlike Sokal & Bricmont's Fashionable Nonsense, which is
very unsympathetic to the French Postmodern school, Tasic
is quite sympathetic to them. Indeed, he manages to
extract and explain the basic ideas of many, many philosophers
and intellectuals who had previously seemed quite opaque.
Highly recommended! An exceptional and important book!
---Gregory Chaitin, IBM Research Division,
author of Conversations with a Mathematician
Rating:
Summary: Read it and think about it!
Review: This wonderful book digests more than a century of
Western philosophical thought and interconnects it with
the recent controversies over the foundations of mathematics.
Unlike Sokal & Bricmont's Fashionable Nonsense, which is
very unsympathetic to the French Postmodern school, Tasic
is quite sympathetic to them. Indeed, he manages to
extract and explain the basic ideas of many, many philosophers
and intellectuals who had previously seemed quite opaque.
Highly recommended! An exceptional and important book!
---Gregory Chaitin, IBM Research Division,
author of Conversations with a Mathematician
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