Some thoughts on the workshop on evaluation methods that I attended as part of ICML 2008 in Helsinki.
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Constructive and Classical Mathematics
Thursday, June 12th, 2008
I have a (very) amateur interest in the philosophy of mathematics. My interest was recently piqued again after finishing the very readable “Introducing Philosophy of Mathematics” by Michèle Friend. Since then, I’ve been a lot more aware of terms like “constructivist”, “realist”, and “formalist” as they apply to mathematics.
Today, I was flicking through the entry [...]
Antihubrisines
Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007
In keeping with the “Anti-” theme from my last post I thought I’d share something I found in the treasure trove of rants that J. Michael Steele’s has put on the web for our edification.
Antihubrisines, according to John W. Tukey in his 1986 paper, Sunset Salvo, are little pearls of wisdom to keep in mind [...]