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they let him teach phenomenology and it was one of the best classes I ever took
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michael_nielsen
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Reflecting on Rota's characterization of Alonzo Church as "logic incarnate". It's shocking how much and rapidly one can learn from people in deep communion with their subject. Often without noticing what one is learning, including what is felt, what is omitted, & what is asked twitter.com/michael_nielse…
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michael_nielsen
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Rota, I presume? I have no idea who you are, or how old, maybe it was Church, though it seems unlikely :-)
(I had dinner with Rota in a Los Alamos Subway a year or so before he passed. Striking character!)
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Indexical Banana
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rota, yes! it was the last year before he passed, I remember the little ceremony we had for him on campus - wish I had a tape of all the stories
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Wilder Ramsey
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Do you have any notes from the course? Or know if any?
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Indexical Banana
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they definitely exist (we recorded and transcribed every lecture) but my copy is long lost alas - I hope someone has one!
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