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faust wrote:Because I have read Gottlieb Schmaldyck? Gott Schmaldyck was a giant. Sort of.
Faust wrote:I don't come by this way much, anymore. But I can't help but notice that there is very little discussion of Werklempter hereabouts. Probably the first true Neoplatonist, Pluralist, Pre-Postmodernist Povisitivist, as well as an accomplished philatelist, his Alphabetical Syllogism is here presented in its second iteration (The Hague, 1852):
"If A=B and B=C and C=D and so on... then why do we need so many letters?"
Clearly in a less pluralistic mood, this formulation has influenced logicians at least up until Bertrand Russell's Theory of Every Random Thought That I Have. But is this taking Epistolic Minimalism too far? Is it merely self-deferential?
My view is that AS2 is viscously circular but in a completely linear way. Thusly avoiding the Paradox of the Parallax. (St Barniard's version, at least).
Guide wrote:A thirty foot constrictor snake is on its way to where you both live. It is a philanthropic animal; killing the most practiced morons amongst us is beneficent.
I googled Werklempter and got two links, both to ilovephilosophy. YOu taking the piss out of us, Faust? If so, I love it. If not, why do you find any of the above so gripping? Perhaps one of them and why.Faust wrote:I don't come by this way much, anymore. But I can't help but notice that there is very little discussion of Werklempter hereabouts. Probably the first true Neoplatonist, Pluralist, Pre-Postmodernist Povisitivist, as well as an accomplished philatelist, his Alphabetical Syllogism is here presented in its second iteration (The Hague, 1852):
"If A=B and B=C and C=D and so on... then why do we need so many letters?"
Clearly in a less pluralistic mood, this formulation has influenced logicians at least up until Bertrand Russell's Theory of Every Random Thought That I Have. But is this taking Epistolic Minimalism too far? Is it merely self-deferential?
My view is that AS2 is viscously circular but in a completely linear way. Thusly avoiding the Paradox of the Parallax. (St Barniard's version, at least).
Mr Reasonable wrote:I think Faust is one of just a few people who have been working for years to translate Werklempter's writings. Once they're done you may see more of it online as the years pass by. It can take a really long time to do accurate translations of such complex works on such a broad array of subjects.
Karpel Tunnel wrote:That definitely cleared up the issue for me, thanks, Faust. No need to hit me over the head with a hammer, Meno. It's supposed to be philosophizing with a Screwdriver.
Mr Reasonable wrote:lol you said satisfied in the box
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