* Take that, Martin Hyland!
@ 2001-06-17 13:37 Peter Freyd
2001-06-18 15:07 ` Robert A.G. Seely
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From: Peter Freyd @ 2001-06-17 13:37 UTC (permalink / raw)
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Copyright 2001 Gale Group, Inc.
Business and Management Practices Mondaq Business
Briefing - The Henley Business Partnership Ltd, United Kingdom
May 18, 2001
HEADLINE: United Kingdom: Where Has All The Profit Gone?
LENGTH: 1416 words
BYLINE: Quinton, John
...
Understanding these Cost Accounting and Management Reporting
techniques requires intelligent effort, rather than a degree in
mathematical logic from Cambridge. This is much more applied common
sense than accounting wizardry.
...
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* Re: Take that, Martin Hyland!
2001-06-17 13:37 Take that, Martin Hyland! Peter Freyd
@ 2001-06-18 15:07 ` Robert A.G. Seely
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From: Robert A.G. Seely @ 2001-06-18 15:07 UTC (permalink / raw)
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On Sun, 17 Jun 2001, Peter Freyd wrote:
> ...
>
> Understanding these Cost Accounting and Management Reporting
> techniques requires intelligent effort, rather than a degree in
> mathematical logic from Cambridge. This is much more applied common
> sense than accounting wizardry.
>
> ...
Yes, but what about a degree in mathematical logic from *Oxford*?
(Unless you were referring to Martin's students ...)
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* Re: Take that, Martin Hyland!
@ 2001-06-18 19:30 Peter Freyd
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From: Peter Freyd @ 2001-06-18 19:30 UTC (permalink / raw)
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I doubt if one should ever try to explain such a thing, but apparently
when I quoted one John Quinton that there were matters that require
...intelligent effort, rather than a degree in mathematical logic
from Cambridge
with my comment "Take that, Martin Hyland" Robert was moved to ask:
Yes, but what about a degree in mathematical logic from *Oxford*?
(Unless you were referring to Martin's students ...)
What I had in mind can be confirmed from the list of members of
Cambridge's maths department:
www.dpmms.cam.ac.uk/site2000/Staff/Staff_List.html
Martin's subject is listed as "Logic" (Peter's is "Topos Theory" --
and no one lists "Category Theory"). There are two others whose
subject is listed as "Logic" but both are described as postdocs. This
unique status of Martin must thus be born in mind by any who eschews
intelligent effort in favor of a degree in mathematical logic from
Cambridge.
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