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  • Philosophy Art Paintings

    vid 1 0:00 “St. John the Baptist in the Wilderness”_Anthony van Dyck ca. 1624 0:03 St. Basil the Great of Cappadocia (329–379) 0:06 Jethro Tull Seed Drill 0:09 Holbein the Younger_ Ann Boleyn 0:12 St. Catherine of Sienna04 0:15 eric-shipton 0:18 unknown 0:21 The Kangxi Emperor 0:24 Metz France Chagall 0:27 unknown (2) 0:30 Clockwork…

  • Kenneth Clark’s, “Landscape Into Art” – 100 (or so) Paintings

       1. HELLENISTIC FRESCO. The Boat of Ulysses drawn to the Island of Circe. Vatican, Museo Profano.  2a. THE CANTERBURY Illustration to the Psalm ‘Usquequo PSALTER (c. 1250). Domine.’ Cambridge, Trinity College.  2b. THE UTRECHT PSALTER Illustration to the same Psalm. (Ninth Century). Utrecht, University Library.  3a. FRENCH TAPESTRY La Dame à la Licorne. (c.…

  • “The Analysis of Matter”, Bertrand Russell (TRM’s notes)

    The Analysis of Matter   by Bertrand Russell Chapter 1 The Nature of the Problem The general theory of relativity Quantum phenomena The ‘Philosophical outcome” of physics Aesthetic considerations The word ‘entities’ The definitions of cardinal numbers, ratios, real numbers, etc. The theory of finite integers Weierstrass Peano The progression of finite cardinal numbers as defined…

  • The Arms of Krupp, by Manchester

    The Arms of Krupp Prologue Anvil of the Reich Werfern, Austria Salzburg Munich The Salzach River Franz Ferdinand Superb view of the Austrian Alps First Reich 1870, 1914, 1939 Kaiser Wilhelm II Jewish slave labour Reich’s manufacturers not only had a choice, most of them took advantage of it Das Ausland Heinrich Heine April, the…

  • The Problems of Philosophy (1912)- Bertrand Russell [TRM’s notes]

    Problems of Philosophy                                     Bertrand Russell Ch. 1 Philosophers deeply concerned with the way things ‘are’ Inference and appearance Various sensations ‘signs’ of some properties The ‘real’ table is not immediately ‘known’ to us Is there a ‘real’…

  • Langer’s ‘Introduction to Symbolic Logic’ (TRM’s highlights)

    An Introduction to Symbolic Logic                  Suzanne K. Langer Introduction The first thing that strikes the student of Symbolic Logic is that it has developed along several apparently unrelated lines Branches of logic are so many studies in generalization Progressive systematization and generalization Discovery of abstract forms Is a technique as well as a theory, and…

  • Music Selections

    Opera Bartok – Bluebeard – EMI Haitinck Beethoven – Fidelio – EMI CM5567364 Berg – Wozzeck –  Decca – Dohnyani Bernstein – Candide  –  DG Charbries –  Breisis  Hyp – Scottish Charbries –   L’etoile   –  EMI  Gardiner Debussy –  Pelleas and Melander  – DG – Abbad0 Delibes – Copelia  –  Karajan Shostakovich – Lady Macbeth…

  • ‘Principles of Mathematics’ Russell (TRM’s highlights)

    Principles of Mathematics                        Russell Introduction Hilbert and the Formalists theory Hilbert refuted Brouwer intuitionist theory Weyl An infinite statement Jorgensen, ‘Treatise of Formal Logic’ ‘numbers are symbols which mean nothing’ p.9 Numbers and atheism The theory of descriptions The abolition of classes ‘x’ wrote Waverly is equivalent to x is Scott is true for all…

  • notes for Carnap’s ‘Introduction to Symbolic Logic and its Applications’ (TRM’s notes)

    Introduction to Symbolic Logic                   R. Carnap Part one System of Symbolic Logic Chapter A The Simple Language A The Problem of Symbolic Logic The purpose of symbolic language. A language A schema Pure and applied Part three – more comprehensive Treatment of concepts of any kind Frege, Russell, Hilbert Logic of relations Axiomatic method ‘Principia…

  • ‘Ancient Aliens’ History Channel’s TV Episodes (TRM’s notes)

    History Channel’s  – Ancient Alien Series (TRM’s notes) Episode One:  The Evidence –          Saqqara, Egypt –          Saqqara Bird –          Columbia –          El Dorado –          Magdalena River –          Tolima Plane –          Childress ‘Technology of the Gods’ –          India – 11,000 yr. old civilization –          Vimana…