[lit-ideas] quintessential frege in three quotes--explain why
- From: Henninge@xxxxxxxxxxx (Richard Henninge)
- To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2004 05:49:05 +0200
(1) A scientist can hardly meet with anything more undesirable than to have the
foundations give way just as the work is finished. I was put in this position
by a letter from Mr. Bertrand Russell when the work was nearly through the
press.
Grundgesetze der Arithmetik (1903)
(2) Having visual impressions is, of course, necessary for seeing things, but
it is not
sufficient. What must be added is not anything sensible. And it is precisely
this that
unlocks the outer world for us; for without this non-sensible something, each
of us
would remain locked up in his inner world.
(3) Every good mathematician is at least half a philosopher, and every good
philosopher is at least half a mathematician.
Richard Henninge
University of Mainz
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