Dear ARF: You might find the phil-logic list (http://philo.at/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/phil-logic) a more suitable venue than f.om. for your inquire.
Evidentemente, você também será bem-vindo entre os quase 400 membros atuais da nossa LOGICA-L. Abraços, Joao Marcos On 8/1/11, Walter Carnielli <walter.carnie...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear Arf dear all: > > Arf (Dick) has a good idea for starting a new list, but my > experience is that we'd need a massive number of people to make it > keep running. Lists need nutties > to keep conversation going on (but of course do not need Martin > Davies to call discussions "too metaphysical). > > The Brazilian list "Lista dos Logicos Basileiros " <logica-l@dimap.ufrn.br> > > is already a good place, and some discussions go in English . But > even if having a good number of subscribers (already 200) > sometimes it gets silent for a log time. > > So, to sum sup, I think it is not a bad idea, but if we don't get an > expressive number of people interested it would be doomed to > failure pretty soon. > > About the attempts that have been made to show that logic is an > objective science in that sense, I personally do not know! > > By the way, the ARF Group had two members attending and giving > talks at “Beyond the Possible” , a conference dedicated to RIchard > Sylvan's memory held in Melbourne, from July 27-29 2011 > > . http://sites.google.com/site/btpconference/home > > Fred and I gave talks there, and it was very nice to meet! > > All the best, > > Walter > > 2011/8/2 ARF (Richard L. Epstein) <r...@advancedreasoningforum.org>: >> I am writing to suggest that we start a new e-mail communication >> (list-serve) for (roughly) Logic, >> Epistemology, Philosophy of Science, and Philosophy of Mathematics. >> >> Some of us have been trying to use the FOM list-serve for this purpose, >> but that isn't suitable. >> What is allowed and what is not is never clear, and just when a discussion >> gets interesting, as with >> Staffan's most recent posting, Martin Davis shuts it down as being "too >> metaphysical". >> >> We could initially advertise our list-serve on FOM as an alternative. We >> could host it through the >> ARF website <www.AdvancedReasoningForum.org>, where we could keep an >> archive of the postings. We >> would need one person who could be the editor, whose job is to check that >> postings aren't completely >> nutty (there are always cranks who get in) or vicious, but not to enforce >> intellectual limits >> otherwise. (??) We'd also need a board of editors to whom questionable >> postings could be directed >> for evaluation. I'm not willing to be the editor, but I'd be glad to be >> on the board. >> >> On a personal note, I think that the first attempt at a way to communicate >> among academics like this >> in logic was the Recursive Function Theory Newsletter that Barry Cooper >> and I started in 1972 in >> Berkeley. >> >> Let me know what you think--how we might organize it, how we might better >> describe the subject >> matter, and whether you think the project is worth the effort. Please >> pass this e-mail along to >> others who might be interested. >> >> Here is an example of what we could post (FOM rejected it). I need help >> with it: >> >> **** >> Can anyone tell me what attempts have been made to show that logic is an >> objective science that do >> not rely on the assumption that: >> 1. propositions are abstract objects >> or 2. propositions are linguistic, perhaps in a formalized version, >> whose structure parses reality >> exactly and correctly? >> **** >> >> All the best, Arf >> >> > > > > -- > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > Prof. Dr. Walter Carnielli > Visiting Scholar > School of Historical and Philosophical Studies > Room G06 Ground Floor > Old Quad Building > The University of Melbourne > 3010 VIC > Melbourne, Australia > > Website: http://www.cle.unicamp.br/prof/carnielli > ------------------------------------------- > _______________________________________________ > Logica-l mailing list > Logica-l@dimap.ufrn.br > http://www.dimap.ufrn.br/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/logica-l > -- http://sequiturquodlibet.googlepages.com/ _______________________________________________ Logica-l mailing list Logica-l@dimap.ufrn.br http://www.dimap.ufrn.br/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/logica-l
