The meaing of mathematics in Against the Day.....

[David Morris]

On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 1:27 PM, Ray Easton <kraimie at kraimie.net> wrote:
> David Morris wrote:
>>
>> Are you saying he's quoted the following incorrectly?:
>>  “The political crisis in Europe maps into the crisis in mathematics.  […] The connections lie there […] – hidden and poisonous. Those of us who must creep among them do so at our peril.
>
> No, I'm saying that the use of the phrase "foundational crisis" does not constitute a discussion.  There is no such discussion in AtD, at least that I can recall.

Well the term "foundational crisis" is common enough to Google one
immediately to this Wiki:

Foundations of mathematics
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foundations_of_mathematics

And just Google "crisis in mathematics" (from that AtD qoute) and you get this:

Foundations of mathematics
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foundations_of_mathematics

Ya know, "postmodernism" existed (and its merits debated) before the
term was coined.  Pretty basic point, I'd think.

David Morris