From: Michael Eldred (artefact@T-ONLINE.DE)
Date: Fri May 23 2003 - 16:06:36 EDT
Cologne 23-May-2003 Paul Cockshott schrieb Wed, 21 May 2003 10:54:37 +0100: > Andrew Brown wrote: > >> Regarding your summary of my position on value: this is a >> reasonable summary -- and thanks for that -- though it does of >> course beg crucial questions such as the nature of 'logic' and its >> relation to matter, so I probably wouldn't have put it quite the >> same >> way. > > On issues of the philosophical status of maths and logic, > I regard Deutsch as one of the most fruitful researchers > working on a materialist theory in this respect. > > I enclose a his key 1985 paper and a recent summary. > > -- > Paul Cockshott > Dept Computing Science > University of Glasgow > > > > 0141 330 3125 > > > deutsch85.pdf > > Name: deutsch85.pdf > Type: Acrobat (application/pdf) > Encoding: base64 > > deutsch.pdf > > Name: deutsch.pdf > Type: Acrobat (application/pdf) > Encoding: base64 The two papers represent what I would call a digital casting of being. The distinction between "software" and "hardware" maps (somewhat imperfectly) onto the Cartesian dualism between res cogitans and res extensa. Michael _-_-_-_-_-_-_- artefact text and translation _-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_ _-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_- made by art _-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_ http://www.webcom.com/artefact/ _-_-_-_-artefact@webcom.com _-_ _-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_ Dr Michael Eldred -_-_- _-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_
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