Dennis' Daze – Page 6 – The daze of my life

learning latex

By dennis | July 28, 2013 - 10:37 pm |July 28, 2013 computer science, logic, math, philosophy

I have installed MiKTeX – seems to work – need to learn a lot.

First-order Language

By dennis | July 25, 2013 - 5:37 pm |July 28, 2013 computer science, logic, math, philosophy

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 →

OPS5 and Xlisp for Philosophy

By dennis | July 19, 2013 - 12:03 am |July 19, 2013 computer science, logic, philosophy

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I have already used prolog in my philosophy. I have started preparing to use Xlisp and OPS5. I found a more current version of Xlisp than I had and compiled it & it seemed OK. (I also have a version of common lisp). I hope to get OPS5 working with… Continue reading →

BR on TV

By dennis | July 18, 2013 - 11:56 pm |July 18, 2013 philosophy

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BR was mentioned on episode 19 season 4 of Cheers. I remember him mentioned on an episode of Quincy as well.

The Language of Thought – Chapter 2 (Schneider)

By dennis | July 1, 2013 - 1:20 am |July 1, 2013 computer science, philosophy, psychology

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I find myself in agreement with Schneider – on substance but not terminology. I use “algorithm” to mean a step by step procedure to solve a specific problem in a finite number of steps. And computation to mean solving something by an algorithm. It is apparent Schneider is using the… Continue reading →

Concerts on Netflix

By dennis | June 28, 2013 - 2:02 am |June 28, 2013 Music

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I’ve just discovered a bunch of concerts on Netflix. I had watched a couple recently and then the rest showed up as suggestions. Also cannot seem to stream “Cheers” anymore. I’m watching Foreigner now.

The Language of Thought

By dennis | June 28, 2013 - 1:59 am |June 28, 2013 computer science, logic, philosophy, psychology

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I’ve started Susan Schneider’s book by that title – named after Fodor’s book. I’ve read just the preface and first chapter, which is an introduction. My impression, so far, is that I will be more in agreement with Fodor. I have started writing my reactions, but not yet enough to… Continue reading →

What I get done vs. What I could do

By dennis | June 20, 2013 - 4:56 pm |June 20, 2013 ethics, philosophy

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What I need to realize is I cannot do all it would be good for me to do. There are an infinity of good things I could do. I can only do a finite number of things. (depending on how you count). Anyway I just need to try to accomplish… Continue reading →

Fodor’s _The Language of Thought_

By dennis | June 17, 2013 - 11:02 pm |June 17, 2013 logic, philosophy

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I finished it today. He has good arguments against many common assumptions. He shows the possibility of some alternatives, but they really do not go very far in a positive way. Of course it was published in 1975. I have much more to study.

Football

By dennis | June 17, 2013 - 10:57 pm |June 17, 2013 ethics, health

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I am concerned about the brain trauma caused by collisions in football. But I always enjoyed watching it. I know that there are efforts to make it safer, but the collisions seem inherent to the game. But nothing is totally safe. Where to draw the line?

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