[ExI] Why Physics Needs Philosophy

[Stathis Papaioannou]

On 31 March 2016 at 11:37, John Clark <johnkclark at gmail.com> wrote:

​No. ​Godel was a mathematician who made profound philosophical
> discoveries, but philosophers are dilettantes
>
> ​and Godel was about as far from a dilettante as you can get.​
> Bertrand Russell
> ​ said only 3 people on earth had read his and
> Whitehead
> ​'​
> ​s ​
> ​MASSIVE book on the foundations of mathematics cover to cover, and Kurt
> Godel was the third. ​
>

Are logicians a type of mathematician or a type of philosopher, or both?


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Stathis Papaioannou
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