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Not questioning your intelligence or your studies. But I wouldn't presume to understand a paper in, say, topology or number theory, without a degree in mathema
by atlantic 3y ago
Not questioning your intelligence or your studies.
But I wouldn't presume to understand a paper in, say, topology or number theory, without a degree in mathematics.
Philosophy has the appearance of accessibility, because it uses ordinary language. But without an MA in Philosophy, a working knowledge of Latin, and some notion of context (Renaissance culture and Judaism) I wouldn't expect to understand Spinoza.
- piloto_ciego 3y agoI have a BS in Math and a great deal of papers that are in topology or number theory are basically inscrutable to me without significant effort to get the relevant background information. Math and philosophy are both extremely challenging subjects with deep wells of information to draw from.
- CSSer 3y agoSure, I wouldn't either. When I said the majority of things, I meant literature, documentation, and common legal documents, not so much advanced theoretical papers or if I'm being completely honest, most things in mathematics. I re-read those too.