Commentary by Chris Pressey

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Philosophy

The Cognitive Connection: Thought and Language in Man and Machine

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Begins with a disclaimer that it contains at least one error — which turns out to be a giant understatement. The book is riddled with errors, but has a great attitude. Touches on many of the weirder beliefs people have held about logic and language through history (for example, the "logic machines" of Ramon Llull.)

Patterns of Software: Tales from the Software Community

• rating: 3

By he of "worse is better" fame.

Kind of goes all over the place, but worthwhile for its comparison of object-oriented programming to poetic compression, and for making a case that beauty may not be subjective.

Tossing Algebraic Flowers down the Great Divide

• rating: 3

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The \"Self-Valorizing Vanity\" of Philosophers - Daily Nous

• rating: 0

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What, if anything, can be said about what is unsayable? | Aeon Essays

• rating: 3

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HTMLGIANT / The Beginner's Guide to Hegel

• rating: 3

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What does post-truth mean for a philosopher? - BBC News

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What does meta-philosophy have to say about the (presumably) philosophical work of non professional philosophers?

• rating: 1

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The Philosophy of Computer Science (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)

• rating: 2
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Alan Kay on Marshal McLuhan and the Personal Computer

• rating: 1

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The Deep Insights of Alan Kay - mythz blog

• rating: 3

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