Most of the arguing in philosophy is just the result of verbal confusions. Those can continue indefinitely. I think there are facts of the matter, but they cannot be known with certainty. Some philosophers demand certainty. I think I enjoy math & physics more. So, I am mostly switching to… Continue reading
Reading plan in order to read: I hope to get through 10 pages/day average. The 1st seven books are 1849 pages. They may take 185 days, or about 6 months and 5 days. Progress Record Of course, some pages will be blank, etc. But I think 10 pages/day is still… Continue reading
I’m discouraged about philosophy. It seems inevitable than one must make vast simplifications that in the long run leads one to paradoxes. Language is adequate for ordinary purposes, but not philosophy, and in fact, that’s what causes many problems in philosophy. Some problems in philosophy may just be scientific problems… Continue reading
I have started viewing free online physics courses. And plan to do the same for math. Philosophy seems too difficult to explain – VERY tedious. I have opinions about it. I just want something easier.
I decided this was what I was most likely to do something significant in.
I seems that I have done what I am capable of in almost everything. I think I am correct in my criticism of opacity (Quine, Stich). But many words (variables and quantifiers etc in logic) do not simply stand for an object. This gets very complex – I think it… Continue reading
Studied some today. Seems not as difficult as I expected.
I have installed MiKTeX – seems to work – need to learn a lot.
I have been thinking a lot. I am considering (and inclined toward) the view that we must restrict ourselves to a first-order language. As I recall, Quine believed this. I think it destroys most of math. But science can, I think, get along with just rational numbers. It is possible… Continue reading
I have finished, at least for a while, my work on differential equations. I believe I found an error in Prof. Corliss’ analysis of real poles, which was also used in Prof. Chang’s analysis of complex poles. There is info about this in the notes section of my web page…. Continue reading