back on track
And I am blogging from Trent Park again. It's good to be back to the great view and the nice walk. The only bad thing today is when I discovered that we don't have a graduate room anymore, apparently they are setting up a new one, but where or when, no one knows. So if anyone needs me, I'll be sitting under a tree somewhere.. just yell maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaai :)
To get right back into business, I got a book from the library today that I didn't know was here before (it must be newly purchased, although it's a 1999 publication, since I am the first one to borrow it). I am just starting it, but right in the introduction I found this very nice comment about use of the word " theory" that sometimes you just feel like finding an alternative for. So the author Ken Turner says in a footnote:
"If the word 'theory' here and elsewhere in what follows seems to overdignify the positions labeled then the Kripke Strategy is recommended: Replace the word 'theory' with the word 'picture'." (p. 2)
How about that? Ok.. I better go think of a couple of 'pictures' because not all 'pictures' are equally clear and when you take one 'picture' and find it a bit hazy then try to make your own 'picture' you find out that you still need to compare 'pictures' to decide on the perfect one. Got the 'picture'? :)
p.s.
i found a weird comment on the previous post that is just commercial. are they advertising on blogs now? anyway, i deleted it.
Mai
To get right back into business, I got a book from the library today that I didn't know was here before (it must be newly purchased, although it's a 1999 publication, since I am the first one to borrow it). I am just starting it, but right in the introduction I found this very nice comment about use of the word " theory" that sometimes you just feel like finding an alternative for. So the author Ken Turner says in a footnote:
"If the word 'theory' here and elsewhere in what follows seems to overdignify the positions labeled then the Kripke Strategy is recommended: Replace the word 'theory' with the word 'picture'." (p. 2)
How about that? Ok.. I better go think of a couple of 'pictures' because not all 'pictures' are equally clear and when you take one 'picture' and find it a bit hazy then try to make your own 'picture' you find out that you still need to compare 'pictures' to decide on the perfect one. Got the 'picture'? :)
p.s.
i found a weird comment on the previous post that is just commercial. are they advertising on blogs now? anyway, i deleted it.
Mai
posted by Mai at 2:47 PM
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These are spammers. You should be able to block them and/or ban them somehow.
Ok so I am under spam attack. All I could do for now is change comment settings to registered users only. I am not sure what else can be done but I think that's about it.
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