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In this essay I argue that the evidence gathered by Carl Huffman in his study of Philolaus in sup... more In this essay I argue that the evidence gathered by Carl Huffman in his study of Philolaus in support of his interpretation of Philolaus' basic principles of limiteds and unlimiteds works against the main thesis defended by the author, that Philolaus succeeded to formulate a highly sophisticated philosophical system. In regards to the disagreement mentioned in the title, I argue that the expressed by Jaap Mansfield concern in regards to the authenticity of Fragment 17, "that in a cosmological system like that of Philolaus' it is very unlikely that the opposite side of the earth is inhabited", can be used to show that the intended meaning of physis in the fragments is indeed all of Nature, as argued by Leonid Zhmud in the article "Physis in the Pythagoreans". In the final section I discuss the relationship between the intended meaning of the concept of unlimiteds and the concept of transfinite numbers in Mathematics, arguing that neither Cantor nor Frege and Bertrand Russell had a clear understanding of what they were talking about.

What differentiates and what brings together the adjectives unlimited (apeiron), and non-generate... more What differentiates and what brings together the adjectives unlimited (apeiron), and non-generated (ageneton) employed respectively by Anaximander and Parmenides, in order to designate what in the wake of the argument brought into play by Thales the ancient Greeks called the arche?

How many past and modern philosophers have been impressed by the opposition made by Parmenides be... more How many past and modern philosophers have been impressed by the opposition made by Parmenides between the irrefutable wiseness of an immortal goddess, on one hand, and the intricate foolishness of the mortals, on the other?

This rather playful overview of the text, Aborted Modernism: From Parmenides and Plato to Descart... more This rather playful overview of the text, Aborted Modernism: From Parmenides and Plato to Descartes and Husserl, and from Aristotle and Kant to Free and Russell, is probably not as elegant as studies conducted by professional philosophers. In it I re-propose the same arguments by extending some and introducing others that are not included previously. What I find disturbing in many scholars interested in Parmenides is their insistence on the immobility of being proclaimed in the eighth fragment of the poem, while others try to dismiss an intent to establish on purpose an intrinsic link between immobility and true knowledge. There is not a single valid argument provided by Parmenides for the alleged immobility of what really is, and often the arguments put forward in the defense of such interpretations are the conclusions drawn in regards to Zeno's paradoxes. Another point of concern for me is the relationship between Descartes' meditations and the above mentioned immobility of being. First of all, the pinnacle of Descartes philosophical stance is the dismissal of the objectivity of the sensorial affections, and Husserl is even more categorical in his assessment on the nature of the representations with which the transcendental ego operates. In second place, how one is supposed to square the objectivity of being with the subject with which Descartes identifies himself? In both, the meditations and the Discourse on the Method are argued only two different realities which cannot be dismissed: the eternal and perfect being in the face of an almighty God, and an imperfect, in relation to something different than itself, thinking subject. One of the central arguments in the text Aborted Modernism is that the concept that dominated the philosophical debate for twenty-five centuries is nothing but a spurious employment of an universal indicator as the verb to be, and that the fortune of Parmenides and his assessment of reality is based on a tautological scheme. The reason for my rejection of a long compromised ontological tradition is the fact that the adjective 'non generated', which lends legitimacy to what is intrinsically true and objective, is a disingenuous recurrence of the distinctive trait employed previously to indicate the difference between what can, and what cannot be indicated with a meaningful proposition, which one tautological or contradictory proposition are not, because the qualifying term is either missing or incompatible with the subject of the proposition. What I mean with this is, that at first, both being and non-being are introduced tautologically, and then one of the two alternative options is dismissed, because it cannot be qualified by any means, unlike the substantiated form of the verb to be, by means of the procedure concerning the many signs scattered alongside the legitimate footpath of inquiry.

The main objective of the present draft paper is to clarify the basic linguistic categories negat... more The main objective of the present draft paper is to clarify the basic linguistic categories negation, subject and predicate, and to examine the historical transformations of the concept of quality in mathematics from its origins to the sense that it acquires in the type theory. On the other hand, the key expressions employed in the text are: productivity of negation, formal opposition, protophysical reality and metaphysical monism.

How from Hesiod's Theogony through Parmenides the modern concept of singularity led to the theory... more How from Hesiod's Theogony through Parmenides the modern concept of singularity led to the theory of the Big Bang.

This is an essay, or rather an attempt to illustrate the terrifying confusion which is capable of... more This is an essay, or rather an attempt to illustrate the terrifying confusion which is capable of settling in a human mind, from the truly humble, to the most illuminated. The key expressions to which is referred only implicitly in the text are: energy-matter equivalence and space-time.

In this extremely concise exposition I will try to explain the role that the powers of the number... more In this extremely concise exposition I will try to explain the role that the powers of the number two in combination with the factorial composition of a pentagonal number have for the formation of a symmetric group and the behaviour of its elements, as the peculiar properties of some of the 26 sporadic groups.

Immagina una convenzione tra un meridionale e un settentrionale, l'uno piuttosto giovane , e l'al... more Immagina una convenzione tra un meridionale e un settentrionale, l'uno piuttosto giovane , e l'altro già abbastanza avanzato con gli anni. Raimondo; Ciao Vincente, io mi chiamo Raimondo e i miei genitori vengano dal Portogallo. Ciao Raimondo, il mio nome è Vincente e i miei genitori invece vengono dal nord d' Italia.
Per cercare di avere una conversazione produttiva, che ne diresti, se anziché cominciare la nostra conversazione con antitesi tra ciò che è e ciò che non è, dividiamo invece tutto ciò che è in due categorie, quella del visibile e quella dell'invisibile. Benché in entrambi i casi e la negazione a servire come tratto distintivo dell'opposizione la funzione di quest'ultima cambia secondo l'applicazione. Va bene. E allora? Concederesti tu che vi è una differenza tra ciò che è generato e ciò che è ingenerato Ci mancherebbe. E sapresti dire anche di che tipo di differenza si tratta?

Psicologia della morale by Stoyan Furdzhev

EDIPO: Accostatevi a vostro padre. Lasciate che vi abbracci. Credevo che non sareste più tornate.... more EDIPO: Accostatevi a vostro padre. Lasciate che vi abbracci. Credevo che non sareste più tornate. ANTIGONE: Il tuo desiderio sarà esaudito: ci chiedi un favore che corrisponde alla nostra attesa. (Edipo a Colono) "Piccoli borghesi" è un romanzo di uno scrittore portoghese che si chiama Carlos de Oliveira. La scoperta dei suoi libri è stata un evento, che ha cambiato la mia vita come pochi altri. Ho letto tutto quello che ha pubblicato, più di una volta il lascito ufficializzato, e alcuni dei romanzi fino a dieci, quindici volte. Ho menzionato proprio"Piccoli borghesi", perché vi sono due interlocutori immaginari del personaggio principale, che molto più tardi delle mie assidue letture ho cominciato a identificare con i miei genitori. Mio padre era scienziato e funzionario del partito, che aveva sposato mia madre: una donna con i suoi difetti, tanto amabile quanto instancabile, che osservava con scrupolo le dogme della Chiesa e che prendeva con il cuore le decisioni più importanti. Fino alla mia adolescenza mio padre si ubriacava spesso e quando tornava a casa, se capitava di trovarmi qualche torto, dovevo rimanere in piedi in un angolo senza muovermi finché non ritrovavo il giudizio. Quando è morto mio padre io mi trovavo all'estero, e ho pianto per un mese, visto le circostanze in cui mi trovavo, (ad aspettare il giudizio di un tribunale francese). Quando dopo cinque apparizioni davanti ad una giustizia francese, tanto boriosa quanto scialacqua re due mesi di prigione, uno dei quali volontario, sono tornato a casa, ho sognato per sei mesi che mio padre era vivo, ma non poteva o non voleva parlare.

Filosofia e Scienza by Stoyan Furdzhev

Taking as staring point the contribution made by Giorgio Colli in his most philosofical work to c... more Taking as staring point the contribution made by Giorgio Colli in his most philosofical work to clarify the meaning of the concept of not being, I argue that he has missed completely the point, following almost step-by-step Aristotelian ambition to overcome the wiseness of the ancient philosophers.

In the present text I'll discuss, so to say, the chaos theory and some related matters, such as: ... more In the present text I'll discuss, so to say, the chaos theory and some related matters, such as: dark matter, dark energy and fundamental equations of modern physics. Keywords: Carlos de Oliveira, matter and energy, from one hand; and appearances and valuation on the other.

In questo testo si intende di dimostrare le situazioni in cui l'utilizzo della negazione non perm... more In questo testo si intende di dimostrare le situazioni in cui l'utilizzo della negazione non permette la costruzione di sillogismi.

Does it pays out to take a stance when Philosophy becomes an object of mockery from within Philo... more Does it pays out to take a stance when Philosophy becomes an object of mockery from within Philosophy itsel?.

In this essay I argue that the evidence gathered by Carl Huffman in his study of Philolaus in sup... more In this essay I argue that the evidence gathered by Carl Huffman in his study of Philolaus in support of his interpretation of Philolaus' basic principles of limiteds and unlimiteds works against the main thesis defended by the author, that Philolaus succeeded to formulate a highly sophisticated philosophical system. In regards to the disagreement mentioned in the title, I argue that the expressed by Jaap Mansfield concern in regards to the authenticity of Fragment 17, "that in a cosmological system like that of Philolaus' it is very unlikely that the opposite side of the earth is inhabited", can be used to show that the intended meaning of physis in the fragments is indeed all of Nature, as argued by Leonid Zhmud in the article "Physis in the Pythagoreans". In the final section I discuss the relationship between the intended meaning of the concept of unlimiteds and the concept of transfinite numbers in Mathematics, arguing that neither Cantor nor Frege and Bertrand Russell had a clear understanding of what they were talking about.

What differentiates and what brings together the adjectives unlimited (apeiron), and non-generate... more What differentiates and what brings together the adjectives unlimited (apeiron), and non-generated (ageneton) employed respectively by Anaximander and Parmenides, in order to designate what in the wake of the argument brought into play by Thales the ancient Greeks called the arche?

How many past and modern philosophers have been impressed by the opposition made by Parmenides be... more How many past and modern philosophers have been impressed by the opposition made by Parmenides between the irrefutable wiseness of an immortal goddess, on one hand, and the intricate foolishness of the mortals, on the other?

This rather playful overview of the text, Aborted Modernism: From Parmenides and Plato to Descart... more This rather playful overview of the text, Aborted Modernism: From Parmenides and Plato to Descartes and Husserl, and from Aristotle and Kant to Free and Russell, is probably not as elegant as studies conducted by professional philosophers. In it I re-propose the same arguments by extending some and introducing others that are not included previously. What I find disturbing in many scholars interested in Parmenides is their insistence on the immobility of being proclaimed in the eighth fragment of the poem, while others try to dismiss an intent to establish on purpose an intrinsic link between immobility and true knowledge. There is not a single valid argument provided by Parmenides for the alleged immobility of what really is, and often the arguments put forward in the defense of such interpretations are the conclusions drawn in regards to Zeno's paradoxes. Another point of concern for me is the relationship between Descartes' meditations and the above mentioned immobility of being. First of all, the pinnacle of Descartes philosophical stance is the dismissal of the objectivity of the sensorial affections, and Husserl is even more categorical in his assessment on the nature of the representations with which the transcendental ego operates. In second place, how one is supposed to square the objectivity of being with the subject with which Descartes identifies himself? In both, the meditations and the Discourse on the Method are argued only two different realities which cannot be dismissed: the eternal and perfect being in the face of an almighty God, and an imperfect, in relation to something different than itself, thinking subject. One of the central arguments in the text Aborted Modernism is that the concept that dominated the philosophical debate for twenty-five centuries is nothing but a spurious employment of an universal indicator as the verb to be, and that the fortune of Parmenides and his assessment of reality is based on a tautological scheme. The reason for my rejection of a long compromised ontological tradition is the fact that the adjective 'non generated', which lends legitimacy to what is intrinsically true and objective, is a disingenuous recurrence of the distinctive trait employed previously to indicate the difference between what can, and what cannot be indicated with a meaningful proposition, which one tautological or contradictory proposition are not, because the qualifying term is either missing or incompatible with the subject of the proposition. What I mean with this is, that at first, both being and non-being are introduced tautologically, and then one of the two alternative options is dismissed, because it cannot be qualified by any means, unlike the substantiated form of the verb to be, by means of the procedure concerning the many signs scattered alongside the legitimate footpath of inquiry.

The main objective of the present draft paper is to clarify the basic linguistic categories negat... more The main objective of the present draft paper is to clarify the basic linguistic categories negation, subject and predicate, and to examine the historical transformations of the concept of quality in mathematics from its origins to the sense that it acquires in the type theory. On the other hand, the key expressions employed in the text are: productivity of negation, formal opposition, protophysical reality and metaphysical monism.

How from Hesiod's Theogony through Parmenides the modern concept of singularity led to the theory... more How from Hesiod's Theogony through Parmenides the modern concept of singularity led to the theory of the Big Bang.

This is an essay, or rather an attempt to illustrate the terrifying confusion which is capable of... more This is an essay, or rather an attempt to illustrate the terrifying confusion which is capable of settling in a human mind, from the truly humble, to the most illuminated. The key expressions to which is referred only implicitly in the text are: energy-matter equivalence and space-time.

In this extremely concise exposition I will try to explain the role that the powers of the number... more In this extremely concise exposition I will try to explain the role that the powers of the number two in combination with the factorial composition of a pentagonal number have for the formation of a symmetric group and the behaviour of its elements, as the peculiar properties of some of the 26 sporadic groups.

Immagina una convenzione tra un meridionale e un settentrionale, l'uno piuttosto giovane , e l'al... more Immagina una convenzione tra un meridionale e un settentrionale, l'uno piuttosto giovane , e l'altro già abbastanza avanzato con gli anni. Raimondo; Ciao Vincente, io mi chiamo Raimondo e i miei genitori vengano dal Portogallo. Ciao Raimondo, il mio nome è Vincente e i miei genitori invece vengono dal nord d' Italia.
Per cercare di avere una conversazione produttiva, che ne diresti, se anziché cominciare la nostra conversazione con antitesi tra ciò che è e ciò che non è, dividiamo invece tutto ciò che è in due categorie, quella del visibile e quella dell'invisibile. Benché in entrambi i casi e la negazione a servire come tratto distintivo dell'opposizione la funzione di quest'ultima cambia secondo l'applicazione. Va bene. E allora? Concederesti tu che vi è una differenza tra ciò che è generato e ciò che è ingenerato Ci mancherebbe. E sapresti dire anche di che tipo di differenza si tratta?

EDIPO: Accostatevi a vostro padre. Lasciate che vi abbracci. Credevo che non sareste più tornate.... more EDIPO: Accostatevi a vostro padre. Lasciate che vi abbracci. Credevo che non sareste più tornate. ANTIGONE: Il tuo desiderio sarà esaudito: ci chiedi un favore che corrisponde alla nostra attesa. (Edipo a Colono) "Piccoli borghesi" è un romanzo di uno scrittore portoghese che si chiama Carlos de Oliveira. La scoperta dei suoi libri è stata un evento, che ha cambiato la mia vita come pochi altri. Ho letto tutto quello che ha pubblicato, più di una volta il lascito ufficializzato, e alcuni dei romanzi fino a dieci, quindici volte. Ho menzionato proprio"Piccoli borghesi", perché vi sono due interlocutori immaginari del personaggio principale, che molto più tardi delle mie assidue letture ho cominciato a identificare con i miei genitori. Mio padre era scienziato e funzionario del partito, che aveva sposato mia madre: una donna con i suoi difetti, tanto amabile quanto instancabile, che osservava con scrupolo le dogme della Chiesa e che prendeva con il cuore le decisioni più importanti. Fino alla mia adolescenza mio padre si ubriacava spesso e quando tornava a casa, se capitava di trovarmi qualche torto, dovevo rimanere in piedi in un angolo senza muovermi finché non ritrovavo il giudizio. Quando è morto mio padre io mi trovavo all'estero, e ho pianto per un mese, visto le circostanze in cui mi trovavo, (ad aspettare il giudizio di un tribunale francese). Quando dopo cinque apparizioni davanti ad una giustizia francese, tanto boriosa quanto scialacqua re due mesi di prigione, uno dei quali volontario, sono tornato a casa, ho sognato per sei mesi che mio padre era vivo, ma non poteva o non voleva parlare.

Taking as staring point the contribution made by Giorgio Colli in his most philosofical work to c... more Taking as staring point the contribution made by Giorgio Colli in his most philosofical work to clarify the meaning of the concept of not being, I argue that he has missed completely the point, following almost step-by-step Aristotelian ambition to overcome the wiseness of the ancient philosophers.

In the present text I'll discuss, so to say, the chaos theory and some related matters, such as: ... more In the present text I'll discuss, so to say, the chaos theory and some related matters, such as: dark matter, dark energy and fundamental equations of modern physics. Keywords: Carlos de Oliveira, matter and energy, from one hand; and appearances and valuation on the other.

In questo testo si intende di dimostrare le situazioni in cui l'utilizzo della negazione non perm... more In questo testo si intende di dimostrare le situazioni in cui l'utilizzo della negazione non permette la costruzione di sillogismi.

Does it pays out to take a stance when Philosophy becomes an object of mockery from within Philo... more Does it pays out to take a stance when Philosophy becomes an object of mockery from within Philosophy itsel?.