[MD] Mill: Quality philosopher

[ian glendinning]

Arlo, et al,

I agree and cannot reccomend Hofstadter's GEB highly enough either.
(People should also recognise the Esher link with Pirsig's
contribution to Eintsein Meets Magritte.)

My use of expressions like "strange loopy world" comes from GEB (and
also Minds I - Doug Hofstadter co-edited with Dan Dennett - from which
I recommend Non Serviam by Stanislaw Lem too.)

Ian

On 6/2/06, Arlo J. Bensinger <ajb102 at psu.edu> wrote:
> [Ian]
> The assertion that there are no assertions, the axiom that there are no axioms,
> is only a problem for people who are stuck in a simple logical view of the
> world.
>
> I have no problem with the reality of recursion.
>
> [Arlo]
> Nor do I. Was it Spock who paraphrased the Buddhist sentiment, "The gates to
> truth are guarded by paradox and confusion. And if you attempt to enter, by
> turning your back on them, the truth will remain closed behind you."
>
> One of the more interesting, and accessible, books I've read on this (paradox
> and recursion at the core of any symbolic system) is the much heralded "GEB: An
> Eternal Golden Braid". For anyone who hasn't read it, I recommend it highly.
>
> Viva la récursivité!
>
> Arlo
>
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