#wittgenstein — Public Fediverse posts

Reading Cheryl Misak’s biography of Frank Ramsey (1903–30), who made important contributions to mathematics, philosophy, and economics before his untimely death [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_P._Ramsey]. (E.g. Ramsey theory is named for him and #Wittgenstein and #Keynes talked to him as an equal.)

So far, it is very good, but I have been repeated jarred out of my reading by the ghastly (and thus fortunately only occasional) mathematical typography.

See attached, all from a few pages concerning his work on Wittgenstein's ‘Tractatus’:

1. Use of text figures makes + and = too high, and the no space before =.

2. ‘v’ (letter) instead of ‘∨’ (logical or).

3. Use of italic parenthesis in maths.

I don’t fault the author, who is not a mathematician. But I thought Oxford University Press had standards.

#typography #pedantry #rant

Reading Cheryl Misak’s biography of Frank Ramsey (1903–30), who made important contributions to mathematics, philosophy, and economics before his untimely death [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_P._Ramsey]. (E.g. Ramsey theory is named for him and #Wittgenstein and #Keynes talked to him as an equal.)

So far, it is very good, but I have been repeated jarred out of my reading by the ghastly (and thus fortunately only occasional) mathematical typography.

See attached, all from a few pages concerning his work on Wittgenstein's ‘Tractatus’:

1. Use of text figures makes + and = too high, and the no space before =.

2. ‘v’ (letter) instead of ‘∨’ (logical or).

3. Use of italic parenthesis in maths.

I don’t fault the author, who is not a mathematician. But I thought Oxford University Press had standards.

#typography #pedantry #rant

Reading Cheryl Misak’s biography of Frank Ramsey (1903–30), who made important contributions to mathematics, philosophy, and economics before his untimely death [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_P._Ramsey]. (E.g. Ramsey theory is named for him and #Wittgenstein and #Keynes talked to him as an equal.)

So far, it is very good, but I have been repeated jarred out of my reading by the ghastly (and thus fortunately only occasional) mathematical typography.

See attached, all from a few pages concerning his work on Wittgenstein's ‘Tractatus’:

1. Use of text figures makes + and = too high, and the no space before =.

2. ‘v’ (letter) instead of ‘∨’ (logical or).

3. Use of italic parenthesis in maths.

I don’t fault the author, who is not a mathematician. But I thought Oxford University Press had standards.

#typography #pedantry #rant

Reading Cheryl Misak’s biography of Frank Ramsey (1903–30), who made important contributions to mathematics, philosophy, and economics before his untimely death [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_P._Ramsey]. (E.g. Ramsey theory is named for him and #Wittgenstein and #Keynes talked to him as an equal.)

So far, it is very good, but I have been repeated jarred out of my reading by the ghastly (and thus fortunately only occasional) mathematical typography.

See attached, all from a few pages concerning his work on Wittgenstein's ‘Tractatus’:

1. Use of text figures makes + and = too high, and the no space before =.

2. ‘v’ (letter) instead of ‘∨’ (logical or).

3. Use of italic parenthesis in maths.

I don’t fault the author, who is not a mathematician. But I thought Oxford University Press had standards.

#typography #pedantry #rant

Reading Cheryl Misak’s biography of Frank Ramsey (1903–30), who made important contributions to mathematics, philosophy, and economics before his untimely death [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_P._Ramsey]. (E.g. Ramsey theory is named for him and #Wittgenstein and #Keynes talked to him as an equal.)

So far, it is very good, but I have been repeated jarred out of my reading by the ghastly (and thus fortunately only occasional) mathematical typography.

See attached, all from a few pages concerning his work on Wittgenstein's ‘Tractatus’:

1. Use of text figures makes + and = too high, and the no space before =.

2. ‘v’ (letter) instead of ‘∨’ (logical or).

3. Use of italic parenthesis in maths.

I don’t fault the author, who is not a mathematician. But I thought Oxford University Press had standards.

#typography #pedantry #rant

Update to ‘An Annotated Mathematician’s Apology’, with a new section on Wittgenstein’s response: https://archive.org/details/hardy_annotated (accessible #TaggedPDF, #OpenAccess)

My thanks go to Wolfgang Kienzler, professor at Friedrich Schiller Universität in Jena, who pointed me to Wittgenstein’s remarks, sent me notes about relevant sources, and critiqued my draft for the new section.

#GHHardy #Wittgenstein #philosophy #mathematics #MathematicalBeauty

L’apolitique comme stratégie

Aucune philosophie n’est apolitique : elle choisit toujours ce qu’elle rend visible, dicible et pensable. La prétention à la neutralité est ce qui permet à une certaine vision du monde de devenir la plus efficace politiquement. #Philosophy #Politics #Ranciere #Whitehead #Wittgenstein L’idée qu’une philosophie pourrait être apolitique est elle-même un geste politique. Elle ne supprime pas le conflit des interprétations ; elle le masque en…

https://homohortus31.wordpress.com/2026/07/06/lapolitique-comme-strategie/

#newissue

Che cosa esprime il #silenzio? Nella letteratura, nelle pratiche religiose, nell’esperienza estetica e in molti altri ambiti, il silenzio assume forme e significati diversi. Il nuovo numero tematico di #Lebenswelt esplora l’assenza di suono da una prospettiva fenomenologica e in differenti contesti, attingendo al lavoro di #Wittgenstein e #Nietzsche come di #Deleuze e #Guattari

⬇️ Disponibile in #openaccess: https://riviste.unimi.it/index.php/Lebenswelt/issue/view/2765?mtm_campaign=mastodon

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