A Quote by David Berlinski on inference, syllogism, language, symbol, logic,...
Within the categorical syllogism, ordinary language represents the ordinary flow of inference. Two premises are given; there is a plash of insight, and one step undertaken. The mind hops right along,...
View ArticleA Quote by David Berlinski on leibniz, algorithm, symbol, and mind
Leibniz endeavored to provide an account of inference and judgment involving the mechanical play of symbols and very little else. The checklists that result are the first of humanity's intellectual...
View ArticleA Quote by David Berlinski on axiom, mathematics, symbol, rules, and intuition
An axiomatic system comprises axioms and theorems and requires a certain amount of hand-eye coordination before it works. A formal system comprises an explicit list of symbols, an explicit set of...
View ArticleA Quote by Jack Vance on civilization, experience, ideas, abstraction,...
You used the word "civilization", which means a set of abstractions, symbols, conventions. Experience tends to be vicarious; emotions are predigested and electrical; ideas become more real than things....
View ArticleA Quote by Elder Pasios of the Holy Mountain on god, christianity, divine,...
We have the power of the Holy Cross, our holy symbol, the divine grace of Christ, only as long as we have the holy marking of the Holy Baptism, meaning we have denied the devil and sided with Christ,...
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