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

[Ray Easton]

Carvill, John wrote:
> << First off, Joseph's right-maths are a big theme all the way through  
> "Against the Day,".. >>
>
> Of course, and I don't think Ray is disputing that. I think Ray is a mathematician, or at least has some specialist knowledge in that field, and is making a distinction between (a) mention (and even themes) of math in ATD, and (b) specific discussion of "the foundational crisis in mathematics". So far as I can see, he is making this distinction in order to stress the fact that he has this specialist mathematical knowledge. I may be wrong, but that's how it reads: you poor schmoos think Pynchon is discussing math in ATD - that ain't no math!
>   


No, that's not the point at all, but I'm going to stop discussing this 
with you now, since you clearly have zero interest in any point I might 
be making.

You scream bloody hell whenever anyone on this list says anything that 
can, no matter how obliquely, be read as touching on your motives for 
saying that you do.  Odd that you are always so ready yourself to argue 
ad hominem.

Ray