http://www.liceogiuliocesare.it/public/documenti/Rota_Phenomenology_Mathematical_Beauty.pdf …pic.twitter.com/ixQ4ktPuqP
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@Meaningness @sarahdoingthing The second half of the paragraph reeks of 'but Odin isn't real, therefore Jesus is lord'.
@St_Rev @sarahdoingthing Have you heard other mathematicians talking about “enlightenment”? (I haven’t, but I was never a pro.)
@St_Rev @sarahdoingthing “Lichtung” translates as “enlightenment,” more-or-less, but is a technical term in Heidegger’s _Being and Time_,
@Meaningness @sarahdoingthing Not "enlightment", which has newagey connotations. "Enlightening", yes. More to the point...
@Meaningness @sarahdoingthing "mathematical maturity", "lore", "toolbox" are all common concepts that overlap it significantly.
@Meaningness @sarahdoingthing Rota's take just seems really strawmanny to me.
@Meaningness @sarahdoingthing There's a (modal) distaste for talking about the Big Issues for their own sake, maybe Grothendieck fallout.
@Meaningness @sarahdoingthing Talking about Big Issues is a common feature of cranks who gravitate to math departments, too.
@St_Rev @sarahdoingthing Yeah, that would probably be me :-)
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