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Actually, I got you (Ant?nio) and Thomas Bitterman mixed up. I apologize. I'm new to this (very interesting) discussion group. I hope after time I'll get who is who more clearly…
08 Oct 2014, 16:23
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Ant?nio: Oh, good. I like it when we can all agree. Lee: In saying mathematics is universal, I mean that a true mathematical statement is true everywhere in the universe, not tha…
08 Oct 2014, 15:09
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Actually, crows can do simple math. If four hunters enter a house and three come out, the crow can do enough math to avoid the house. Four hunters in, four come out, the crow fli…
08 Oct 2014, 15:07
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I'm so glad to see this discussion returning to the works of Gene Wolfe. Rick Norwood From: Urth [mailto:urth-bounces at lists.urth.net] On Behalf Of Robert Pirkola Sent: Wednesd…
08 Oct 2014, 14:57
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The question goes back to this: is there such a thing as the meaning of a statement which is independent of the symbols in which the statement is written. People in math and scien…
08 Oct 2014, 14:55
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"I know my view pisses some people off" -- Lee Like Ant?nio, you people's reactions as emotional. I find this too common in discussing topics such as science and math. If it dis…
08 Oct 2014, 14:46
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"as long as it is a reading, then it is a reading, and there is no truth criterion that can be applied to such a thing" So, just to make sure I understand you, if I choose to read…
08 Oct 2014, 14:32
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I was raised a Christian, have read the Bible from Genesis to Revelations, and find the teachings of Christ deeply appealing. I attended Grace Fellowship Church for years, and acc…
08 Oct 2014, 14:08
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This isn’t the place for this debate, since I have no doubt that Gene Wolfe accepts the fact that math is universal, but I will point out that your mode of debate (the suggestion t…
08 Oct 2014, 14:01
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A statement that is absolutely true: All that is is not utterly devoid of any content what-so-ever. (In mathematical language, the universal set is not the empty set.) Rick ----…
08 Oct 2014, 12:11
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[And now it is indeed you, too, who have said that the ghost of Hamlet's father is not an alien, and our disjunctive posts have come full circle, three in one, one in three.] Thou…
07 Oct 2014, 15:27
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First, let me apologize for getting Marc and Lee mixed up. When I read an amalgam of many posts, I sometimes get confused about who is doing what, with what, and to whom. Even th…
07 Oct 2014, 15:00
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“the terms "misprision", "better", "logic", "evidence", "right" and "wrong" are all subjective judgments?” — Marc Aramini. Ah. No. These words can be used subjectively but all h…
07 Oct 2014, 12:12
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Christ was entirely God, all powerful, all knowing, able to perform miracles. At the same time, he was all human, there was much he did not know, and much he could not do. He pra…
07 Oct 2014, 11:58
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Is the idea that some Catholics believe that Mary is co-redeemer with Christ a Protestant myth? Rick Norwood From: Urth [mailto:urth-bounces at lists.urth.net] On Behalf Of Ant?n…
06 Oct 2014, 14:59
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Interesting. Using that definition I can see Protestants viewing the Roman near-deification of Mary as being essentially polytheistic. What are Gene Wolfe’s views on Mary? Rick …
06 Oct 2014, 14:07
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The word pagan means: neither Christian nor Jewish. (The earlier meaning -- a rustic, a rude fellow, not schooled in the ways of the big city -- is obsolete.) Therefore Catholics…
06 Oct 2014, 13:23
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The readers who spotted Richard Nixon are clearly wrong. More generally, I think most allusions and symbols in Wolfe are classical rather than modern. His comments on modern poli…
06 Oct 2014, 12:08
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What a wonderful interview. Rick Norwood From: Urth [mailto:urth-bounces at lists.urth.net] On Behalf Of Piotr Szczesny Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2014 3:15 PM To: The Urth Mail…
03 Oct 2014, 12:00
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