All -
Probably too much to respond to, but for no particularly good reason, a few
comments . . .
1.) Whenever I teach about logic / scientific-method, one thing I make sure
to do is remind students that "deduction" is not a "truth *producing*" system,
but is at best a "truth *preserving*"
Thank you Lee and Glen both,
Yes, I could not disagree.
There is an interesting question, Glen, on which I don't have a dog in the
fight either way. Is the worry about induction only (or even mostly) about the
origin of conjectures, or is it (equally much, or even mostly) about the source
o
Eric Smith:
> every child knows there can be no discussion of induction that is not
> predicated on the availability of infinities.
Not so (independent of what every child knows)! I have to rush off
but will try to get back to this later.
That's an awesome essay! Thanks.
Of course, I never say anything unless I have something to disagree
with... So, I have 2 points to argue about:
1) Your finiteness is illusory because you assume crisp sets, and
2) The problem of induction is about the origins of a conjecture, not
merely about t
I agree, Wow, to Eric Charles's summary.
Can I ask, is there any role for finiteness in this discussion? There seem to
me to be two places the constraints of being finite enter, and the specific
point at which they seem forced by one of the questions that has been asked
(Why would you accept t
glen e. p. ropella wrote at 03/27/2012 10:57 AM:
> I think
> with that we might be able to reproduce Sturgeon's law ... and perhaps
> even Godwin's law with 1 medium. Then we might be able to begin varying
> the medium to discover which media were more susceptible to, at least,
> those two pattern
Nicholas Thompson wrote at 03/28/2012 09:38 AM:
> I don't think we've been talking about psychological induction, here but
> logical induction. And I think mathematical induction is actually a species
> of Deduction. I am in a rush now, but I am putting in this marker in the
> hope that others w
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Glen,
I am out of my depth here, but ...
I don't think we've been talking about psychological induction, here but
logical induction. And I think mathematical induction is actually a species
of Deduction. I am in a rush now, but I am putting in this marker in the
hope that others will help out
Owen Densmore wrote at 03/28/2012 08:20 AM:
> All: Did no one discuss the mathematics of induction .. the inductive
> proof? Certainly that is accepted by us all, even tho anyone can make a
> sequence of a set of N numbers, who's generator can provide any number
> for its N+1th number. It is in t
Wow, Eric, thanks! Lovely gift this beautiful morning.
And Nick, AFAIK, there is no such ThreadMagic software. But lets have a
coffee over it. And in terms of the body and blood of Christ, that takes a
bit and too can be done over coffee. But it basically has to do with The
Wisdom of Metaphor
Sorry for the late response, Russ, but thank you for your sanity. In these
days of despising The Other, good manners are much appreciated.
A Jesuit wrote a book about interviews he had with silicon valley
engineers/scientists about religion and their attitudes towards it. (Talk
about the lion's d
Likewise, John, I appreciate your feedback.
--Doug
On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 7:29 AM, John Kennison wrote:
>
>
> Thanks for your response, Doug. Unitarianism used to consider itself a
> Christian religion, with the exception of its rejection of the trinity and
> of the concept that Jesus is God.
Thanks for your response, Doug. Unitarianism used to consider itself a
Christian religion, with the exception of its rejection of the trinity and of
the concept that Jesus is God. The Christian flavoring now competes with
humanist, Buddhist and pagan flavors. You can take your choice.
In th
I suppose if one felt a compelling need to subscribe to a
Christian-flavored religion, one could do worse than the Unitarians. At
least the Unitarians don't require knowledge of a hierarchy of secret
handshakes which are necessary to gain access to those decreasing-diameter
inner circles of the cl
Sometimes religious leaders like to point out that intellectually, we need
starting points, such as induction. So, faith in God, for example, is just one
possible starting point. Other religious leaders say that faith is not an
intellectual starting point, but an attitude that helps us be happy.
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