Zach's Strange Corner of Thought
You Made A Wrong Turn Awhile Back!
Some people say math is racist. So I looked through the history of mathematics only to find the shocking truth about math. How is math related to the type of society that uses it? How many different types of math are even out there? Can math be racist?
Special thanks to Dr. Peter Steeves of Depaul University for teaching a class on this subject.
How do we understand the sense & reference of fictional objects? What objects do their names refer to, and what type of reality do they have?
We continue the Frege/Russell debate in linguistics by looking at the fictional work of science-fiction author Philip Jose Farmer.
Bertrand Russell voiced by Alexander Moneypenny.
Music sampled from Zoë Blade.
Artwork of Chibiabos Elgreco Winnegan by Crissha.s.art.
Works Cited:
Frege, Gottlob. “On Sense and Nominatum (1892).” The Philosophy of Language, edited by Aloysius Martinich, 2nd ed., Oxford University Press, 1990, pp. 190–202.
Russell, Bertrand. “On Denoting (1905).” The Philosophy of Language, edited by Aloysius Martinich, 2nd ed., Oxford University Press, 1990, pp. 203–211.
Russell, Bertrand. “Descriptions (1919).” The Philosophy of Language, edited by Aloysius Martinich, 2nd ed., Oxford University Press, 1990, pp. 212–218.
What’s the difference between a scientific theory and a scientific hypothesis? People get this wrong all the time. Learn the truth.
Don’t forget to check out It’s Ok To Be Smart.
Let’s look at these two statements:
1. PJF is PJF. (Grammatically)
p=p (Logically)
Necessarily true.
Trivial
2. PJF is the author of Riders of the Purple Wage. (Grammatically)
Ǝx [Axr & ∀y(Ayr →y=x) & x=p] (Logically)
Contingently true.
Informative.
Learn more about Philip Jose Farmer @ PJFarmer.com.
Painted by Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes between 1819–1823. Check out how this beautiful painting relates to mythology, temporality, & ontology.
Also, check out Overly Sarcastic Productions (OSP). The sarcasm from this video inspired me when I made the Mythology section of the video.
Works Cited:
Deleuze, Gilles. Difference and Repetition. Translated by Paul Patton, Columbia University Press, 1994. Page 29.
When it comes to language, how does it relate to reality? Signs, sense, reference, definite descriptions or denoting phrases, definite & indefinite articles. This video will explore all of these concepts and is itself a sign referring to the famous Frege/Russell debate about Sense & Reference.
Bertrand Russell voiced by Alexander Moneypenny.
Music sampled from Zoë Blade.
Works Cited:
Frege, Gottlob. “On Sense and Nominatum (1892).” The Philosophy of Language, edited by Aloysius Martinich, 2nd ed., Oxford University Press, 1990, pp. 190–202.
Russell, Bertrand. “On Denoting (1905).” The Philosophy of Language, edited by Aloysius Martinich, 2nd ed., Oxford University Press, 1990, pp. 203–211.
Russell, Bertrand. “Descriptions (1919).” The Philosophy of Language, edited by Aloysius Martinich, 2nd ed., Oxford University Press, 1990, pp. 212–218.
Calvin Broadus is Calvin Broadus is trivial.
Calvin Broadus is The Doggfather is informative.
