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Jeff Yoshimi

@jyoshimi.bsky.social

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Philosopher, phenomenologist, and cognitive scientist at UC Merced. Interested in neural networks and dynamical systems theory. Builder of simbrain.net and husserl.net. Website: https://jeffyoshimi.net/

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Jeff Yoshimi @jyoshimi.bsky.social · Feb 4

After 12 long years, my book “Gaming Cancer” was published today with @mitpress.bsky.social. Its basic premise is that by embedding scientific problems into the mechanics of games, we increase our chances of finding cures to diseases like cancer. #seriousgames #citizenscience.

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Jeff Yoshimi @jyoshimi.bsky.social · 16h

In the formula above I would have to learn to say “frak V”, “var-rho” and “var-phi” in my inner voice before I could work with it. If I can’t find a standard pronunciation, I will just invent something, like “the Prince symbol”. Is anyone else like this? Has anyone written about this?

Jeff Yoshimi @jyoshimi.bsky.social · 16h

What do you do when you come across a symbol you can’t pronounce? Suppose it’s something you have to deal with and can’t just ignore. I find it remarkably unsettling.

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Jeff Yoshimi @jyoshimi.bsky.social · 11d

I like the part about what you could learn from him you could better learn from me. Franz had some spicy in him!

Jeff Yoshimi @jyoshimi.bsky.social · 17d

There are different ways to resolve the apparent tension. Maybe Brentano assigned the lecture on the paradoxes of the infinite and Husserl subsequently found Bolzano's other works (the Wissenschaftslehre?) in the bookstore. Anyway it's fun stuff. Also "Husserl Chronik" always makes me laugh...

Jeff Yoshimi @jyoshimi.bsky.social · 17d

A much earlier entry in the Chronik, from the other bookend of Husserl's professional life (the student years, 1884/6), confirms Gregor's point about Brentano introducing Bolzano to Husserl. Interestingly, Osborn is again quoted, this time saying Brentano familiarized Husserl with Bolzano's work.

Jeff Yoshimi @jyoshimi.bsky.social · 17d

Here is the source of the story about Husserl discovering Bolzano in a second-hand bookstore. It's from late in Husserl's life, 1935. We have to rely on Spiegelberg recounting something Osborn said, so there are a few sources of potential error

Jeff Yoshimi @jyoshimi.bsky.social · 17d

A little Sunday puzzler. In response to [email protected] post about about Bolzano I recalled Husserl discovering Bolzano in a bookstore. @gregorboes.bsky.social then noted that Brentano introduced Husserl to Bolazano's work, which also sounded right. So I went back to Husserl Chronik...

Gregor E. Bös @gregorboes.bsky.social · 17d

Bolzano was remembered as a mathematician, but forgotten as a philosopher. As far as I know, it was Brentano who introduced Bolzano's work as a negative example, with the unintended consequence that his students (Husserl, Twardowski, Meinong) got very excited and rediscovered Bolzano as a logician.

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Jeff Yoshimi @jyoshimi.bsky.social · 17d

I went back to the sources. The full story is interesting, and raises a few historical questions. I'll lay it out in a separate post.

Jeff Yoshimi @jyoshimi.bsky.social · 18d

Also an important influence on Husserl. I recall a story about Husserl discovering Bolzano’s work just browsing a bookstore, but that could be wrong. It’s a vague memory.

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Jeff Yoshimi @jyoshimi.bsky.social · 22d

I wonder if in the future people will place publications before 2022 in a special category called "Definitely didn’t use AI"

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