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Summer 2009 Reading Group: Greek Mathematical Thought and the Origin of Algebra by J. Klein... and who knows what could be next...?

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I am auditing classes at CAL Berkeley and plan to apply to graduate school this fall.

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Computer programmer, philosopher.

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At 4:36pm on June 14, 2009, Laura Gibbs said…: Hey Phil, that's why I was intrigued to read the book also - I'm not philosophically-minded at all, but I have a real respect for true scholarship (it is ALL TOO RARE these days) - so when someone has done a massive amount of hard work, as Klein has done, reading all these philosophical and mathematical treatises and then tries to digest them for our benefit, I am glad to profit if I can from all his scholarly time and energy! :-)

At 9:12pm on June 10, 2009, Laura Gibbs said…: Phil, you are here!!! Have you ever played around with a Ning before? I think they are a super online tool - I'm using them for my online classes now. Have fun exploring the stuff that's up about the Klein book already; I'll be reading some more myself tomorrow and posting some stuff. Thanks to the discussions so far, I finally understand Aristotle's use of ὕλη - whoo-hoo!!!!

At 7:47pm on June 10, 2009, Ian Carmichael said…: Welcome, Philip. Look forward to sharing with you - most likely in the Klein group to start, but..
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