10 ideas
9808 | Philosophy aims to reveal the grandeur of mathematics [Badiou] |
21552 | Common speech is vague; its vocabulary and syntax must be modified, for precision [Russell] |
21551 | Empirical words need ostensive definition, which makes them egocentric [Russell] |
9812 | In mathematics, if a problem can be formulated, it will eventually be solved [Badiou] |
10245 | One geometry cannot be more true than another [Poincaré] |
9813 | Mathematics shows that thinking is not confined to the finite [Badiou] |
9809 | Mathematics inscribes being as such [Badiou] |
9811 | It is of the essence of being to appear [Badiou] |
21550 | Science reduces indexicals to a minimum, but they can never be eliminated from empirical matters [Russell] |
9814 | All great poetry is engaged in rivalry with mathematics [Badiou] |