you're a horrible person. finish this! for chrissakes, it's one of the most important books i've ever read -- far more so than anything else here listed.
Is this the PM I'm looking for,
yeah, it's the abridged first volume (of 3). you won't find all 3 for less than $350 on any major vendor except transiently.
and i wouldn't honestly bother with this tome, either. do you really, really want to get into this kind of arcane shit? it's equivalent to memorizing formal proofs of algorithms, and not even that valuable. i doubt either whitehead + russell or gödel is grokkable without two years' equivalent in formal logic, and then only useful to those looking for several more years in the field. it's fascinating in theory, but really a bunch of drudgery.
do you really, really want to get into this kind of arcane shit?
*shrug* As long as I'm claiming to use ideas about ideas and other such silliness, I figure I might as well acquire a deep grasp of what it is I'm actually doing and the inherent implications of those approaches. This led me to Gödel, which led me to Whitehead and Russell. *shrug* Perhaps an applied understanding is all that I need in this instance.
you're a horrible person. finish this! for chrissakes, it's one of the most important books i've ever read -- far more so than anything else here listed.
Is this the PM I'm looking for,
yeah, it's the abridged first volume (of 3). you won't find all 3 for less than $350 on any major vendor except transiently.
and i wouldn't honestly bother with this tome, either. do you really, really want to get into this kind of arcane shit? it's equivalent to memorizing formal proofs of algorithms, and not even that valuable. i doubt either whitehead + russell or gödel is grokkable without two years' equivalent in formal logic, and then only useful to those looking for several more years in the field. it's fascinating in theory, but really a bunch of drudgery.
I've really only read http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0486666379/qid=1134523638/sr=2-2/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_2/103-4989604-1061441?s=books&v=glance&n=283155 and scattered pieces elsewhere, and gone through On Formally Undecidable... with numerous commentaries. It's quite enough formal logic and AxST for me; Quine's work is an interesting outgrowth far more useful to follow.
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Seriously? I can't imagine why.
do you really, really want to get into this kind of arcane shit?
*shrug* As long as I'm claiming to use ideas about ideas and other such silliness, I figure I might as well acquire a deep grasp of what it is I'm actually doing and the inherent implications of those approaches. This led me to Gödel, which led me to Whitehead and Russell. *shrug* Perhaps an applied understanding is all that I need in this instance.
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