The Laws of Form (((all things considered

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Nisargadatta , " billrishel " <illusyn wrote:

>

> Hi Bob,

>

> I first became aware of the " Laws of Form " circa 1970, via a

> review in the Whole Earth Catalog. I subsequently found it in

> the University of Arizona library and became quite

> fascinated. Since my major was mathematics and my special

> interest was foundations of mathematics, the book was all the

> more relevant to my interests, but it was the mystical

> implications that impacted me the most at that time. It was a

> bridge, as it were, between my mystical investigations of

> that period -- based on my own experiences but also writers

> such a John Brockman and Wei Wu Wei -- and my interest in the

> foundations of mathematics. It is interesting that you

> mention Wittgenstein, as I was also deeply investigating his

> Remarks on the Foundations of Mathematics during that period.

> Looking back it is astonishing to note what a constellation

> of key influences were coming to bear all during that one

> period of a few years.

>

> A couple of years ago I became aware of a called:

> lawsofform/

> I joined back then but never contributed and read only a few

> of the messages. However, I found a number of interesting

> papers in the Files section, particularly a number of papers

> in pdf from by a William Bricken. I hadn't really looked at

> those papers, though, until seeing this message of yours

> prompted me to go take a look. He has some very clear

> expositions there, including some about " Boundary Logic " ,

> which is one formalization of GSB's calculus. There is also a

> paper there by him about " Distinction Networks " , which

> applies boundary logic to " Asynchronous networks of

> distinctions as a model of computation. " It is fun stuff.

>

> Bill

>

> PS: I had no idea that GSB knew Wittgenstein.

>

Hi Bill...thanks for the lead on the lawsofform group, i'm gonna

check it out. The bet is that there will be some bang-up stuff to

audit! GSB worked with Ludwig W. in 1950-51 in " Foundations of

Philosophy " (marvelous stuff!), and the two were great friends. Of

course Wittgenstein was much longer in the tooth having served in the

war before Spencer Brown was born(1923).

again muchos gracias amigo......bob