January 2012
“Never express yourself more clearly than you are able to think.”
—Niels Bohr
Dear Finale...
Dear finale,
The measure is in 4/4.
I wrote in 4 16ths, followed by a half note.
When you fill in rests…
It should be a quarter rest.
I know I’ve written a lot of this piece in 7/8, but I assure you, this measure is in 4/4.
Learn to math.
With hate,
user who cannot afford sibelius
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On the Explanatory Role of Mathematics in Empirical Science →
bjps.oxfordjournals.org
Abstract
This paper examines contemporary attempts to explicate the explanatory role of mathematics in the physical sciences. Most such approaches involve developing so-called mapping accounts of the relationships between the physical world and mathematical structures. The paper argues that the use of idealizations in physical theorizing poses serious difficulties for such mapping accounts. A new approach to the applicability of mathematics is proposed.
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Introduction
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Mathematical Explanations I: Entities
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Mathematical Explanations II: Operations
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Mapping Accounts: Strengths
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Mapping Accounts: Idealizations
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Pincock and matching models
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Bueno, Colyvan, and the inferential conception
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Mapping Accounts: Limitations
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Suggestions for a New Approach
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Conclusion
- Bender: Hey robot, what's your serial number?
- Flexo: 3370318.
- Bender: No way, mine's 2716057!
- (robot laughter)
- Fry: I don't get it.
- Bender: We're both expressible as the sum of two cubes!
“The idea of art as free expression is romantic folly. Artists are problem-solvers. They are working for a living. They produce, play music, and dance for others for money. My artist friends, the successful ones, are taken up much of the time considering how to perfect or extend their craft and how to sell more product.
…While…taking a design course [my instructor] passed by me as I was laboring over a design project…. “Have you solved it yet?” he asked. That was when I realized that the essence of art was applied problem-solving…
[Let me point out how] completely erroneous [many popular] ideas about success in the arts are: as if one somehow either was born with the ability to play the violin or not. Talent plays a role, but time-on-task is the great determiner of achievement in playing an instrument and in doing mathematics. These arts are mastered at the cost of sweat, and their practice is not easy.” —An anonymous commenter on Lockhart’s Lament (via isomorphismes)
…While…taking a design course [my instructor] passed by me as I was laboring over a design project…. “Have you solved it yet?” he asked. That was when I realized that the essence of art was applied problem-solving…
[Let me point out how] completely erroneous [many popular] ideas about success in the arts are: as if one somehow either was born with the ability to play the violin or not. Talent plays a role, but time-on-task is the great determiner of achievement in playing an instrument and in doing mathematics. These arts are mastered at the cost of sweat, and their practice is not easy.” —An anonymous commenter on Lockhart’s Lament (via isomorphismes)
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FOUND THE OFFICIAL WHITE HOUSE PETITION TO STOP ACTA.
https://wwws.whitehouse.gov/petitions#!/petition/end-acta-and-protect-our-right-privacy-internet/MwfSVNBK
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