tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1937676515817965460.post5052845146194924667..comments2023-11-02T01:46:45.637-07:00Comments on Make do and Mend with Miss Marketcrash: Because, it is as it is...missmarketcrashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06569686129965907064noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1937676515817965460.post-17598252372325414392009-06-03T06:42:15.523-07:002009-06-03T06:42:15.523-07:00thanks math-boy. i am not a fan from second-hand ...thanks math-boy. i am not a fan from second-hand citings but thought i ought to give him a chance firsthand....<br /><br />he is running around the corner, shouting "math IS philosophy"...missmarketcrashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06569686129965907064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1937676515817965460.post-17217240403348812162009-06-02T07:32:10.522-07:002009-06-02T07:32:10.522-07:00Unfortunately I seem to recall that Badiou doesn't...Unfortunately I seem to recall that Badiou doesn't work too well for a mathematician either. I will have a go at revisiting it, but I think he makes the usual mistake of philosophers who try to use the hard sciences:<br /><br /> * makes some quite weak mappings of concepts onto set theory which require strict constraints on the concepts<br /> * derives set theoretical results using valid mathematics<br /> * maps the results back onto the concepts and declares the exciting and powerful conclusions, but conveniently forgetting the constraints that he added in the first place<br /><br /><br />Even some economists (impossible, I hear you cry) have been known to fall into this trap.<br /><br />I will dig out some Badiou later this week and report back to say whether my accusations above are actually fair.Leigh Caldwellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16150868700502562500noreply@blogger.com