Category Archives: Meno

Ask Meno Questions • Discussion 4

Posted on October 19, 2017 by Jon Awbrey

Re: FB | Foundations of Mathematics • Oguzhan Kosar The questions raised under the heading of “Foundations of Mathematics” are generally considered to fall under the “Philosophy of Mathematics”, in particular, critical reflection on the possibility of mathematical knowledge and … Continue reading →

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Supple Agony

Posted on January 25, 2016 by Jon Awbrey

A lack of knowing, my lack of knowing How to supply either lack of knowing. Complemental and supplemental ∠s.

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Slip Slidin’ Away

Posted on April 11, 2013 by Jon Awbrey

And you give me the choice between a description that is sure but that teaches me nothing and hypotheses that claim to teach me but that are not sure. — Albert Camus • The Myth of Sisyphus Re: R.J. Lipton … Continue reading →

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Meno Meno Tekel Upharsin

Posted on April 1, 2013 by Jon Awbrey

Re: Theodora Goss Can we ever become what we weren’t in eternity? Can we ever learn what we weren’t born knowing? Can we ever share what we never had in common? Lately I’ve begun to see that these ancient riddles … Continue reading →

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A Meno Acid

Posted on March 21, 2013 by Jon Awbrey

What answers to the Meno Paradox Comes in the moment of realizing — Gathering together the building blocks Is just the beginning of the building.

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Quotiens?

Posted on February 28, 2013 by Jon Awbrey

How many times do I repeat the same experience? Before I come to see it as the same experience?

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I Wonder, Wonder Who

Posted on February 25, 2013 by Jon Awbrey

Re: R.J. Lipton and K.W. Regan • Who Invented Boolean Functions? The question recalls recent discussions of discovery and invention in the mathematical field, bringing back to mind questions I’ve wondered about for as long as I can remember. Speaking … Continue reading →

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Ask Meno Questions • Code Meno Code

Posted on February 4, 2013 by Jon Awbrey

Adapted from Prospects for Inquiry Driven Systems The Trees, The Forest A sticking point of the whole discussion has just been reached. In the idyllic setting of a knowledge field the question of systematic inquiry takes on the following form: … Continue reading →

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Plato’s Puppet Returns

Posted on January 21, 2013 by Jon Awbrey

Re: Peter Cameron • Discovery and Invention Between the discovery and the invention, Falls the Shadow, who knows, you know, By tracking backward, retracing the steps Of the tourist, who comes not to conquer, But to enjoy the winding stair … Continue reading →

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Ask Meno Questions • Discussion 3

Posted on October 17, 2012 by Jon Awbrey

Re: Stephen Rose In Aristotle’s De Anima or “On the Soul” there is a fine articulation of the universal join between the body and the soul, one so embedded in the marrow of our culture that it moves and shapes … Continue reading →

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