[lbo-talk] Review of Badiou's Number and Numbers

[Jeffrey Fisher]

math is pure! pure, i say! uncorrupted by social relations!
seriously, though, i would have hoped there would be a sociology of
mathematics (what pops to mind is donna haraway doing sociology and
anthropology on the primate anthropologists). not that i can speak for
badiou, but i suppose he could say, well, of course it took a communist to
apply set theory communistically!

but that came right out from where the sun don't shine, so don't go
trying to hold me to that. :)

On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 5:48 PM, Alan Rudy <alan.rudy at gmail.com> wrote:


> There is a sociology of math... here're some examples (by pretty darned
> reputable folks):
>
> MacKenzie, Donald (2001). Mechanizing Proof: Computing, Risk, and Trust.
> The
> MIT Press.
>
> Mazzotti ، Massimo (1998)"The Geometers of God،" Isis ، 1998 ، 89: 674 –
> 701
>
> David Bloor and Walter G. Vincenti (2003)"Boundaries, Contingencies and
> Rigor: Thoughts on Mathematics Prompted by a case study in Transonic
> Aerodynamics" *Social Studies of Science*,vol 33 No .4.
>
> Livingston,Eric(1986) *Ethnomethodological Foundations of Mathematics*,
> Routledge & Kegan Paul
>
> Livingston, Eric (1999) "Cultures of Proving" *Social studies of science,
> pp.*29 p867-888.
>
> Restivo, Sal (1992) *Mathematics in society and History: Sociological
> Inquiries*, Kluwer.
>
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>
> On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 6:15 PM, shag carpet bomb <shag at cleandraws.com
> >wrote:
>
> > At 05:41 PM 8/5/2009, Jeffrey Fisher wrote:
> >
> >> btw, was this one ever posted to this list? i kept thinking of it in the
> >> badiou thread, but never got around to tracking it down until i found
> >> myself
> >> on xkcd today.
> >>
> >> http://xkcd.com/435/
> >>
> >
> >
> > ha. that's what I was wondering about. is this where badiou is coming
> from?
> >
> > the sociology stick figure should be turned, facing them all, making a
> fuck
> > you, suck my cock hip movement at all of them, with a bubble expressing
> the
> > words, "suck it, u lusers." :)
> >
> > shag
> >
> >
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