Comments on: Meanwhile, reading Giaquinto http://www.logicmatters.net/2008/12/meanwhile-reading-giaquinto/ Logic, enthusiasms, sceptical thoughts, and a little LaTeX geekery Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:23:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: a cartesian http://www.logicmatters.net/2008/12/meanwhile-reading-giaquinto/comment-page-1/#comment-435 a cartesian Tue, 09 Dec 2008 17:19:00 +0000 http://www.logicmatters.net/?p=383#comment-435 Btw, I noticed a "Go Rachel and Vincent" in your Ephemera. Are you still enthusiastic about their dancing? I thought their tango was wonderful. Btw, I noticed a “Go Rachel and Vincent” in your Ephemera. Are you still enthusiastic about their dancing? I thought their tango was wonderful.

]]> By: notedscholar http://www.logicmatters.net/2008/12/meanwhile-reading-giaquinto/comment-page-1/#comment-433 notedscholar Fri, 05 Dec 2008 23:00:00 +0000 http://www.logicmatters.net/?p=383#comment-433 Yes, the hegemonic role played by "just seeing" is to me a well-worn philosophical cop-out. Virtually everything can be reduced to intuition, and collections of intuitions. Beware of this concept. And that's coming from a veteran of philosophy.<br/><br/>Science is much more concrete.<br/><br/>NS Yes, the hegemonic role played by “just seeing” is to me a well-worn philosophical cop-out. Virtually everything can be reduced to intuition, and collections of intuitions. Beware of this concept. And that’s coming from a veteran of philosophy.

Science is much more concrete.

NS

]]> By: Peter Smith http://www.logicmatters.net/2008/12/meanwhile-reading-giaquinto/comment-page-1/#comment-432 Peter Smith Fri, 05 Dec 2008 22:47:00 +0000 http://www.logicmatters.net/?p=383#comment-432 Thanks for that, Shawn. Yes, a very interesting review. Thanks for that, Shawn. Yes, a very interesting review.

]]> By: Shawn http://www.logicmatters.net/2008/12/meanwhile-reading-giaquinto/comment-page-1/#comment-431 Shawn Fri, 05 Dec 2008 18:01:00 +0000 http://www.logicmatters.net/?p=383#comment-431 There is a nice review of Giaquinto's book on <a HREF="http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/avigad/" REL="nofollow">Jeremy Avigad's website</a>. It is pretty critical, although positive. He has a nice discussion of Giaquinto's project as it relates to the practice and foundations of math. There is a nice review of Giaquinto’s book on Jeremy Avigad’s website. It is pretty critical, although positive. He has a nice discussion of Giaquinto’s project as it relates to the practice and foundations of math.

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