Tag Archives: Platonist

Answers to Question-Interesting

Posted on April 30, 2013 by PlatoHagel

It seems the opportune time when thinking about positions people adopt, that one realizes that one is not in a class of their own, but do definitely belong to a group of people in regard to a response from a … Continue reading →

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Geometry Expressed, Hidden In Ancient Design

Posted on January 26, 2013 by PlatoHagel

If the late character of our sources may incite us to doubt the authenticity of this tradition, there remains that, in its spirit, it is in no way out of character, as can be seen by reading or rereading what … Continue reading →

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Relativism

Posted on March 29, 2012 by PlatoHagel

The Nobel Prize in Physics 1914 Max von Laue I am not sure what I can add other then what I have already been saying toward logical deduction….I still need to get a handle on the essence of what is … Continue reading →

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Donald Coxeter

Posted on June 11, 2011 by PlatoHagel

Photo by Graham Challifour. Reproduced from Critchlow, 1979, p. 132. “I’m a Platonist — a follower of Plato — who believes that one didn’t invent these sorts of things, that one discovers them. In a sense, all these mathematical facts … Continue reading →

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Mind Maps: Mathematical Structures?

Posted on February 4, 2008 by PlatoHagel

<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platonic_doctrine_of_recollection&quot; target=_BLank title="The Platonic doctrine of recollection is the idea that we are born possessing all knowledge and our realization of that knowledge is contingent on our discovery of it. Whether the doctrine should be taken literally or not … Continue reading →

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E8 and the Blackhole

Posted on September 22, 2007 by PlatoHagel

“I’m a Platonist — a follower of Plato — who believes that one didn’t invent these sorts of things, that one discovers them. In a sense, all these mathematical facts are right there waiting to be discovered.”Donald (H. S. M.) … Continue reading →

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Pasquale Del Pezzo and E8 Origination?

Posted on March 20, 2007 by PlatoHagel

“I’m a Platonist — a follower of Plato — who believes that one didn’t invent these sorts of things, that one discovers them. In a sense, all these mathematical facts are right there waiting to be discovered.“Donald (H. S. M.) … Continue reading →

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Donald Coxeter: The Man Who Saved Geometry

Posted on September 11, 2006 by PlatoHagel

“I’m a Platonist — a follower of Plato — who believes that one didn’t invent these sorts of things, that one discovers them. In a sense, all these mathematical facts are right there waiting to be discovered.”Harold Scott Macdonald (H. … Continue reading →

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What a Good String Theorist Should Know?

Posted on April 22, 2006 by PlatoHagel

Arthur MillerEinstein and Schrödinger never fully accepted the highly abstract nature of Heisenberg’s quantum mechanics, says Miller. They agreed with Galileo’s assertion that “the book of nature is written in mathematics”, but they also realized the power of using visual … Continue reading →

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