>“Set theory is wrong” and nonsensical (PR §174), says Wittgenstein, because it presupposes a fictitious symbolism of infinite signs (PG 469) instead of an actual symbolism with finite signs. The grand intimation of set theory, which begins with “Dirichlet's concept of a function” (WVC 102–03), is that we can in principle represent an infinite set by an enumeration, but because of human or physical limitations, we will instead describe it intensionally. But, says Wittgenstein, “[t]here can't be possibility and actuality in mathematics,” for mathematics is an actual calculus, which “is concerned only with the signs with which it actually operates” (PG 469). As Wittgenstein puts it at (PR §159), the fact that “we can't describe mathematics, we can only do it” in and “of itself abolishes every ‘set theory’.”
Now that the dust has settled, was he right?
James Sanchez
>philosophers trying to STEM
Nathaniel Gray
His understanding of mathematics was crank tier at best. Dude probably couldn't have even shown equivalence of Axiom of Choice, Zorn's Lemma, and Well-Ordering Theorem.
Hunter Long
I agree that we can't describe mathematics but it is pretty funny that he does not notice that arguing that set theory has no place in math is in itself a type of description of mathematics.
You can't have it both ways philosotards!
Tyler King
philosophy is for failed artists or scientists. no one would choose to be a philosopher over a genius composer or a genius scientist, because it is always a last resort profession, for failures and frauds >Nietzsche - wanted to be a composer and failed >Wittgenstein - wanted to be an engineer, failed, wanted to be a mathematician, failed, wanted to be a musician, failed >Heidegger - wished he was a poet/artist, failed >Schopenhaur - wished he was a musician so that wouldn't have to live his boring philosopher life, failed >Russell - wanted to be a great mathematician, wasn't as smart as other mathematicians and so opted for philosophy >every single modern anglo philosopher - wished they were mathematicians, but failed, so they try pathetically to use mathematical symbols and logic in their philosophy so that they can at least get the aesthetic of it
Philosophers are also all sad manlets trying to compensate for low self esteem >Heidegger was like 5 feet >Wittgenstein - 5'6" >Nietzsche 5'8" >Camus - 5'7" >Kant - 5'0" LMAO >Sartre - 5'0" LMFAO >Derrida - 5'5" >Zizek - 5'8" etc. etc. etc..
Philosophers wish they could make an impact on the world, they wish they could create beautiful works of art, they wish they could be good looking Chads, but they always fail, so they try to argue their way out of it, reason their way our of it: "I may not be able to get that cute girl, but, uh, it's because I'm the Ubermensch, hehehe, right guys!?" Every philosophical theory has been overturned, and philosophy has NEVER come up with a definitive answer. It is a failed field, and no one takes it seriously. Philosophers are all sad, pathetic, delusional people.
>inb4 philosopher manlets try to refute this with "hurr durr spooks!" "muh muh philosophy was before science so therefore uh, uh, it's superior" or "surprise you've been doing philosophy ur whole l-life, haha gotcha!" or literal philosophical reasoning, proving my point exactly
LMFAO
Levi Hall
damn, how broken a person do you have to be to htink to make a post liek this
Jonathan Anderson
>attack a person instead of his arguments
Oh damn did you learn this in philosophy 101 or is this one of the advanced courses in rhetoric?
Nolan Morris
>be Wittengenstein >can't into diagonalization >rail against it >be wrong >die
Carson Fisher
Autism
Colton Cruz
I don't know man have you seen r/rickandmorty? Nihilism and nihilist philosophers seem to have made a great impact in society.
