tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post744577076072301238..comments2024-03-27T16:02:25.334-05:00Comments on Orange Crate Art: Richard Feynman and close readingMichael Leddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05547732736861224886noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post-33645867680973015162014-02-07T14:30:30.092-06:002014-02-07T14:30:30.092-06:00A careful listening to Feynman's talk yields t...A careful listening to Feynman's talk yields this last quote. "When you doubt and ask, it gets a little harder to believe." Given that in time since then the artificial intelligence community has begun to model belief as a part of the computational model, Feynman's concern about belief seems odd, especially when he uses the word, "soul," earlier in the talk. Soul is about as unscientific a notion as I can imagine in this context, and suggests that Feynman conflated doubt with an absence of belief, while I equate it from a later AI perspective with a sign of the belief "module" at work on unsupported propositions (ref. Dunlop and Fetzer on Cognitive Science, 1993). Feynman evidenced one obvious marker of belief by using the word "soul" as he did. But as to doubt, most classical theologians and philosophers have embedded in their work notions of doubt as related to belief, not a lack of belief. Would this be close listening, akin to close reading? Thanks for the post.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post-85122839433114131392014-02-07T07:50:53.624-06:002014-02-07T07:50:53.624-06:00There is real value to some close reading, I agree...There is real value to some close reading, I agree. I did a line by line reading of one section of Kant's Critique of Pure Reason and while it took me hours and hours, I know that part better than any other. Plus, you know Kant was sitting there writing it out by hand on a piece of paper with a pen he probably dipped, so that was the pace to read it at. JuliaRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10795348297295716491noreply@blogger.com