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Wittgenstein and Turing

Sam26 March 14, 2022 at 00:58 3825 views 11 comments
For those of you interested in a more in depth analysis of Wittgenstein's relationship with Turing and vice versa, this video should provide grist for the mill. My purpose is not to lead any discussion, but to provide the impetus, via this video, for a discussion. Juliet Floyd's talk is given in the first hour, and the last thirty minutes she takes questions.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3dJHucViJQ&t=2739s

Comments (11)

god must be atheist March 14, 2022 at 01:35 #666667
Quoting Sam26
the last thirty minutes she takes questions.

When I have the time, I will watch it. Sounds fascinating.
Sam26 March 14, 2022 at 01:40 #666669
Quoting god must be atheist
Does she answer them aside from taking them?


She answers questions, but some of them are hard to hear.
god must be atheist March 14, 2022 at 01:41 #666671
Quoting Sam26
She answers questions, but some of them are hard to hear.


That's quite all right, since I'm also hard on hearing.
180 Proof March 14, 2022 at 04:02 #666733
Good stuff on this topic (I grok text better than video):

https://www.cantorsparadise.com/when-alan-turing-and-ludwig-wittgenstein-discussed-the-liar-paradox-3c2de0ff09d1
alan1000 May 19, 2022 at 13:34 #697641
"grok" is a philosophical term I haven't come across before...
Hillary May 19, 2022 at 14:25 #697667
Reply to alan1000

"To get the picture".
alan1000 June 30, 2022 at 15:01 #714080
Ok,,, I am familiar with expressions like btw and imho and fyi, but I would never have guessed that "grok" means "get the picture"...!

But Sam26: it is always a tactical mistake to ask members to watch a video. Much better to summarise the argument of the video in 100-200 words, and include a link to it in your post, for those who want to pursue it in more detail. Nobody is going to invest 1.5 hours in watching a video which may or may not be relevant to their philosophical interests.
T_Clark June 30, 2022 at 15:14 #714085
Quoting alan1000
"grok" is a philosophical term I haven't come across before...


@180 Proof is a science fiction nerd.
Banno July 01, 2022 at 03:45 #714334
Reply to T Clark "Grok": From Robert Heinlein, Stranger in a strange land; a Martian term with no English equivalent, but roughly "to grasp or understand as if it were a part of you".

Popular in hippy culture in my youth.
T_Clark July 01, 2022 at 03:48 #714335
Quoting Banno
Popular in hippy culture in my youth.


And in mine. I really hated that book. Actually, I hated almost all of Heinlein that I read. I did really like Starship Troopers. It was one book where his fascistic fantasies worked.
180 Proof July 01, 2022 at 04:04 #714343