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Contents
TranslAactkonerod'wgsle ments
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1 Plaonf PterhseeW notr k SJ
2 SocSipaeal c
3 SpatAiriacthle nctisoc 196
4 FroAmb soSlpueatt ceoA bstrSapceat c 229
5 ContardcitroyS pea c 292
6 Frotmeh C ontradiofcS tpeiat ocoDn isff eerntSipaeal c 352
7 Openisan ngCdon clusions 410
AfterwboyDr ad vid Harvey 424
Idnex 435
TranslAactkonro,w lse dgements
Fovra rifoorumossfa iidn ptrheep aorfta thtiirosan n sIls ahtoiuolnd,
leit koe xprmeyss nisc egrersattt ioCt luadArenk ed,F r ouguesrsLoei,s a
MockMle.Nr .R, u bloawns-dkm ao spta rti-ctuhlleaea rS tluaysn
C.K .H opkiIs nhso.ua loll dsi kteh atmnoyk c opeyd itGorarh,a m
Eyraen;da o,bv ael flrot hepitari eJnocheDn,av eayn Jda Cnh amier,
mye ditaotBr assB illae c.lk lw
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Plaonft hPer esWeonrtk
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Nots om anyye aargsot ,hw eo r'dps achea'ad s trigocemteltyr ical
menaintgh:ie d eiaet v okweadss imptlhyao tf eamnyp ateraI.n
shcolaursilewty a gsne eryaa lcolcmpadn biyse omseu cehp itahse t
'Eluicadne''oi,ts riocop'r', i nefi'n,it thagene dn efrelaeiwlna gts h tahte
concoefsp ptaw caeus l mtaeitlaym ahtemaotniTeco.as lp eoaf'k s ocial
spea'tc,he efrowroeu,hl advs eo unsdtenredga .
Not thatd etlvhoeep molefton hntceg o ncoefsp ptea h cabde en
fortgtoebnui,tmt u sbter emeemdbt ehrtahthe si toorfpy hl iosophy
aolt sesttiotfi hgeerd a deumaaln icoionpft a hstec iee-sna cneds paelcliy
ofm athesm af-triotcmh esiherad rr ooitnts r adimteitoanpahly sics.
Theti hnkoifnD ge §.qrtweassv e iweadst hdee cipsoiivinentt h e
workinogft- hcoeou ntc oefsp pta acned, ktethyoei tmsa teuf rorm.
Accdoirtnomg o shstit oroifWae nsstt ehronuD gehsrtct,hae asbd r ought
toa ne ntdh Aeir osttieatlnr adwihtiihcoehntl hdsa pta acnetd i me were
amotnhgo csaet ewghoirfcicaheia slt itethdne a mgia nncdl asosfti hneg
evidoefnt chseee nsTehess .t aotfus su cchae otgriheashd i tthoe r
reaminuendc letahrce,oy u floldro obukepe oden i tahsse irm epmlpei ri
catloo lfsroo rdesreiendn sagt aa elortrn,a taisgv eeenrliayeli,sisn to me
ways upetroti hoeerv ieds eunpcpblyit ehbdeo dy's osraegnnss.o ry
Witthha ed veonfCt ar tseilaong hiwoce,v serp,ah caeed n etretdh e
raelomf t haeb soAlsuO tbej.eo pcpto tsoeS due bcjats,r eesx tensa
oppotsoea,dn p dr esteorn,etc s o gistpaanccsae,mt eod omien,ba yt
containintgh eamls,le i: nsas padl blo diWeasss p.a tcheeo rere dfai vine
afftr?eiO brwu aisat n o rdiemrmn aetnott hteo ltyiao tfw haetxe i?ds t
Sucwhe rteh tee rimnws h itchhpe r obwlaescm o ucfhoetrdh ose
phsiolposhw ehroca mienD esrct'aewssa k-ef or SpfrioL neboinziaz,,
2 PLAN TOHFE PRESNETW ORK
fort heN ewtonnisaT.h enK antr evivaendd,r evistehdeo, l dn otioofn
thec ategoKrayn.t isapna ec,a lebirte la,ta ilvbeeai tto oolf k nowledge,
am eanosf c lassipfhyeinonmgen aw,a sy eqtu ictlee asrelpya ra(taeldgo n
witthi mef)r omt hee mpriciaslp herei:tb elongteotd h e priroearlim
a
ofc onisocusne(sis.o ef.t he's ubjecatn'd)p ,a rtooofkt harte alsm '
interindael-a,la ndh enect rasncendteanaln de ssentuinaglrlays p-able
structure.
Thesper otreaddc etbatmeasrk edt hes hiffrto tmh ep hilosotpoth hye
scienocfes pacIet.w ouldbe m istakteonp ronountchee mo utdated,
howevefro,rt hehya vaen i mporbte yontdh aotf m omentosrs tagiens
thee volutoifot nh eW estern LSoogf oasrf. r omb eincgo nfined within
thea bstracwtintewhsh si cthh aLto goisn i tdse clienned owesdo -called
purpeh ilosyo,tp hherya ipsree ciasnedc oncriestseu aemso,n gt hemt he
questioofns sy mmetvreyr saussy mmetorfys ,y mmetroibcjaelc atnsd,
oft heo bjeecftfeiocvftr ese fl ectainodnm si rroTrhse.s aer ael qlu estions
tow hicIhs hablelr eturnbiencga uosfte h eiimrp licaftoitroh naesn alysis
ofs ocisapla ce.
II
Mathematiciinat nhsem, o dersne nsoef t hew ord, emearsgt ehde
proprieotfao srcsi en(caeno df a claitmos cientsitfiactq uusi)t cel early
detachferdo mp hiloso-phay s cienwchei ccho nsideirtesdeb loft h
necessaanrdys elf-sufTfihcuisem natt.h ematiacpiparnosp risaptaecde ,
andt imea,n dm adet hemp arotf t heidro maiyne,t t hedyi ds oi na
rathpearr adoxwiacya.lT heyi nventsepda c-esa n' indefinsiott yo' ,
speaokf,s pacenso:n -Euclisdpeaacne s, csupravceexds- ,d imensional
spac(eesv esnp acweist ahn i nfiniotfdy i mensiosnpsa)c,oe fsc onfigur
atioanb,s trsapcatc essp,a cdeesfi nebdyd eformaotrit orna nsformation,
bya topoloagnyds, o o n.A to nchei ghgleyn eraanldh ighslpye cialized,
thlea nguaogfme a thematsieoctus tt od iscrimbientawteeae nnd c lassify
altlh esie: mumerasbplaec aessp recisaespl oys sib(lAep.p aretnhtel y
seto fs paceosr,' spaocfes pacedsi'dn, o tl enidt sevlefrr ye aditloy
conceptualiBzuattt hireoe nl.a)t iobnesthwiepme ant hemataincdrs e ality
-physiocras lo ciraela l-itwya sn oto bviouasn,di ndeead d eepr ift
hadd evelobpeetdw etehne stew or ealmTsh.o smea thematiwchioa ns
hado peneudp thi'sp roblemsautbisce'q ueanbtalnyd onietdt ot he
philosopwhheorw se,r eo nltyo oh apptyo s eiuzpeo ni ta sa meanosf
makinugp a l itotflt eh eg rountdh ehya dl osItn.t hiwsa ys pacbee came
- or,r atheorn,c em oreb ecam-e thev ertyh inwgh icahn earlier
3
PLAN Of THE PRESENT WORK
philosopthriacdailt niaomne,lP yl atonihsamdp, r oposienod p posint io
tot hed octroifnc ea tegoriitbe esc:a mweh atL eonarddaoV inchia d
callae d' menttahli ngTh'e. proliferoaftm iaotnh emattihceaolr ies
(topolotghiueassg )g ravattheeod l d' probloefkm n owledhgoew'w :e re
transittiobo enm sa def romm athematsipcaacl(e is. fer.o mt hem ental
capaciotfit ehseh umans peciferso,ml ogitcon) a tuirnet hefi rsptl ace,
top ractiinct hees econadn,dt hentcoet het heoorfys ocilail-f ew hich
alspor esumambulsytu nfoilnds pace?
III
Fromt het raditofit ohno ugjhutsd te scri-bcehdai tsf ,r oamp hilosophy
ofs pacree visaenddc orrecbtyem da themat-itchsem oderfine lodf
inquikrnyo wna se pistemohlaosig nyh eriatnedad d opttehde n otion
thatth es tatoufss paciest haotf a 'menttahli nogr'' mentpalla cAet' .
thes amet imes,e tt heorays,t hes upposleodg iocft haptl ace, has
exerciasf eads cinantoitoo nnlu yp onp hilosopbhuetar lssu op onw riters
andl inguiTshtesr .e suhlats b eena broapdr oliferoaft 'isoent s'
(ensemsbomleep rsa)c,ti csaolm,e h istoribcuatla ,l2li nevitably
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accompanbiyet dh eiarp propr'ilaotgeiN co'n.eo ft hessee tosr,t heir
'log,ih casv'aen ythiinncg o mmonw itCha rtespihainl osophy.
No limiattas l hla vbee esne otn t heg eneraliozfat thieco onn ceopft
menstpaalnc oce l:e aacrc ouonfti ti se vegri veann dd,e pendoinnt gh e
authoorn eh appentsob er eadiintgm ,a yc onnoltoeg iccaolh erence,
practiccoansli stency, sealnfd-t rheerg eullaattoiifot onhnspe a rttsot he
wholet,h ee ngenderoifln igk bey l ikien a seotf p lacetsh,el ogiocf
contaivneerrs ucso ntenatnsds, o o n.W e aref orevheera rianbgo utth e
spacoeft hiasn d/tohres pacoeft haatb:o ulti tersaprayc ei,d eological
3
spacetsh,es pacoef t hed reamp,s ychoanatloyptoilco gainedss ,oo n
ands of ortCho.n spicuboyiu tsas b senfcreo smu pposefdulnyd amental
epistemolsotguidciiasenl so to nltyh ied eoaf' manb'u ta lstoh aotfs pace
-thfea ctth a'ts paicsme e'n tioonnee dv erpya gneo twithstaTnhduisn g.4
MicheFlo ucauclatnc almlays setrhta 'tk nowle[dgsea visoa lisrtoh] e
'S eeJ .-SPa.rt re,C ritiqduele a r aisdoina lectIiq:Tu heoe,rie d ese nsemblpersa tiq11es
(ParGiasl:l ima1r9d6,0 ).
2 SeMei cheCll ouscaLr'de,te rtle e c odep:r ocdeesp roducdt"iuoennn sempbrelceai ptial
st(eTh eH agueM:o uton1,9 72).
'SeeM auricBlean chot, L'espalciet tiir(aPiarreGi asl:l ima1r9d5,5 ).
• Thiissr hel eaosft tfhauel otfas n a ntholeongtyi tPlaendo ramdae ss cienhcuemsa ines
(ParGiasl:l ima1r9d7,3 ).
