RE: [OPE] Dialectics for the New Century

wpc@dcs.gla.ac.uk

Are there any working papers available on this?

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From: ope-bounces@lists.csuchico.edu
[mailto:ope-bounces@lists.csuchico.edu] On Behalf Of Reuten
Sent: 02 April 2008 22:53
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Subject: RE: [OPE] Dialectics for the New Century

For your information (and  esp. for the prejudiced): I supervise a PhD
dissertation on systematic dialectics and mathematics.

Geert Reuten

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reuten@uva.nl

http://www.feb.uva.nl/pp/greuten

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Van: GERALD LEVY [mailto:gerald_a_levy@msn.com] 
Verzonden: woensdag 2 april 2008 20:01
Aan: ope@lists.csuchico.edu
Onderwerp: RE: [OPE] Dialectics for the New Century

I sent this to Ian (alone) by mistake.
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> The objection that computation is merely "formal logic" is muddled
since
> computation is more abstract than any specific logic and it is not a
> formal but a causal concept.

Ian W:

Muddled, you say?

Computation refers to "any type of information processing 
that can be represented mathematically." 

Formal logic is synonymous with mathematical logic: 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Formal_logic

Computation is not "more abstract than" mathematics:
rather, it is a a subject which _is_ mathematics and,
hence, utilizes formal logic.

Also, the very architecture of the computer is dependent
on the binary system - by definition, an expression of 
mathematical / formal logic. 

In solidarity, Jerry

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