In addition to his legacy as a co-writer of Principia Mathematica, Whitehead's theory of "extensive abstraction" is considered foundational for the branch of ontology and computer science known as "mereotopology," a theory describing spatial relations among wholes, parts, parts of parts, and the boundaries between parts.
"The chief error in philosophy is overstatement."
Process and Reality: An Essay in Cosmology (1929)
~Alfred North Whitehead
English mathematician and philosopher Alfred North Whitehead was born #OTD in 1861. Whitehead wrote three major books on the subject: A Treatise on Universal Algebra (1898), Principia Mathematica (co-written with Bertrand Russell and published in three volumes between 1910 and 1913), and An Introduction to Mathematics (1911). via @wikipedia
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If collective decision-making is allowed to manage inflation through communication then perhaps the Internet may grow more powerful. Power is held by decision-makers like Jerome Powell of the Federal Reserve which is held accountable by Congress. People may describe wages as low and unemployment to be reduced but high to degree. Because of the diverse backgrounds of governments: international nongovernmental organizations compete with them. Examples of organizations of this regard include the W3C and the FSF. Based on research, average policy decisions can be resolved and reworked through programming neural or associative networks onto virtual dedicated servers with less human-like attributes applied to the relevant licenses like GNU General Public License, and of course proprietary software licenses related to exchange values. Hefty hardware requirements of operating systems like Microsoft Windows must increase climate sensitivity more than software like OpenBSD and GNU/Linux. Using software such as OpenBSD and GNU/Linux on virtual private servers must give us the opportunity to manage inflation with them.
British Author P. G. Wodehouse died #OTD in 1975. He is one of the most widely read humorists of the 20th century. His creations include the feather-brained Bertie Wooster and his sagacious valet, Jeeves; the immaculate and loquacious Psmith; Lord Emsworth and the Blandings Castle set; the Oldest Member, with stories about golf; and Mr Mulliner. via @wikipedia
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German philosopher Immanuel Kant died #OTD in 1804. Kant's comprehensive and systematic works in epistemology, metaphysics, ethics, and aesthetics have made him one of the most influential and controversial figures in modern Western philosophy, being called the "father of modern ethics", "father of modern aesthetics" and, by bringing together rationalism & empiricism, the "father of modern philosophy". via @wikipedia
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English naturalist, geologist and biologist Charles Darwin was born #OTD in 1809. Darwin's book introduced his scientific theory that this branching pattern of evolution resulted from a process he called natural selection, in which the struggle for existence has a similar effect to the artificial selection involved in selective breeding. via @wikipedia
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American mathematician and aerospace engineer Mary Jackson died #OTD in 2005.
In 1951 she started working at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), where she was a member of its West Area Computing unit and Jackson’s supervisor was Dorothy Vaughan. Despite early promotions, she was denied management-level positions, and in 1979 she left engineering and took a demotion to become manager of the women’s program at NASA.
Drawings of hands and arms (1504- 1511) by Michelangelo Buonarroti. via @WikimediaCommonsBot
English scholar, writer & clergyman Robert Burton was born #OTD in 1577. He is best remembered for his publication Anatomy of Melancholy where he describes, among other things, the advances gained in our knowledge of astronomy. This in a long section of the book where he brings the reader up to date with efforts to observe & learn about the heavens, notable the then-recent observations of Galileo Galilei. via Soc. Hist. Astronomy
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