FOM: fom: Simpson's motives

[Steve Awodey]

>
>Date: Thu, 12 Mar 1998 13:18:41 -0500 (EST)
>From: Stephen G Simpson <simpson at math.psu.edu>
>Subject: FOM: Boolean rings; the quandary of categorical mis-foundations
>
...
>I may be wrong, but to me it seems
>potentially worthwhile to engage in a dialogue with proponents of
>categorical pseudo-foundations here in the light of day provided by
>the FOM list.  The purpose of such a dialogue is to get to the bottom
>of exactly why the claims of categorical dis-foundations are mistaken,
>and in the process hopefully to illuminate some genuine f.o.m. issues.

Now that this prejudice is out in the open, it's clear that there is no
(good) reason for categorical logicians to try to have a discussion with
you.

Steve Awodey