[FOM] Goedel on philosophy

Peter Smith ps218 at cam.ac.uk
Fri Mar 9 19:10:43 EST 2007


On 9 Mar 2007, at 13:03, Colin McLarty wrote:

>>?There is no mathematical substitute for philosophy.?
>> - Saul Kripke

> I know there is a law against giving sources on the internet, but can 
> you say where this is found?


The concluding words of "An Elementary Methodological Sermon", the final 
section of Kripke's paper on Substitutional Quantification in the Evans and 
McDowell volume.

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