Re: [Haskell-cafe] Some philosophy (Was: Alternative name for return)

2013-08-13 Thread Andreas Abel
On 09.08.2013 17:44, Jerzy Karczmarczuk wrote: "Indiscrete Thoughts" by Gian-Carlo Rota, published by Birkhäuser in 1997. Available on the Web. For download or to buy? [This looks very interesting...] -- Andreas Abel <>< Du bist der geliebte Mensch. Theoretical Computer Science, Univer

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Some philosophy

2013-08-10 Thread Jerzy Karczmarczuk
Kim-Ee Yeoh comments my reading suggestion: "Indiscrete Thoughts" by Gian-Carlo Rota, published by Birkhäuser in 1997. Available on the Web. [I forgot where] I'm rather fond of Rota's two volumes of musings. For the purpose of furthering the quality of philosophizing, would it not be

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Some philosophy (Was: Alternative name for return)

2013-08-09 Thread Kim-Ee Yeoh
On Fri, Aug 9, 2013 at 10:44 PM, Jerzy Karczmarczuk < jerzy.karczmarc...@unicaen.fr> wrote: > I decided to reread some philosophical texts, and I suggest one for your > evening reading. > > "Indiscrete Thoughts" by Gian-Carlo Rota, published by Birkhäuser in 1997. > Available on the Web. > I'm ra

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Some philosophy (Was: Alternative name for return)

2013-08-09 Thread man
On Fri, Aug 9, 2013 at 5:44 PM, Jerzy Karczmarczuk < jerzy.karczmarc...@unicaen.fr> wrote: > I have the impression that a nice part of our dispute comes from the fact > that despite our ambitions, and a decent /technical/ level of understanding > of what we are talking about, most of us are (and I

[Haskell-cafe] Some philosophy (Was: Alternative name for return)

2013-08-09 Thread Jerzy Karczmarczuk
I have the impression that a nice part of our dispute comes from the fact that despite our ambitions, and a decent /technical/ level of understanding of what we are talking about, most of us are (and I am one of the worst...) -- -- pitiful philosophers... Really bad... Confusing the contents