Lecture Notes
Below is a selection of lecture notes that approximate chronologically the topics and themes listed on the calendar. The lectures are organized into chapters.
| CHAPTER # | TITLE |
|---|---|
| 1 | Welcome (PDF) |
| 2 | Tools for thinking (PDF) |
| 3 | Introduction: A musico-logical offering (PDF) |
| 4 | Three part invention (PDF) |
| 5 | Chapter I: The MU-puzzle (PDF) |
| 6 | Two-part invention (PDF) |
| 7 | Chapter II: Meaning and form in mathematics (PDF) |
| 8 | Sonata for unaccompanied Achilles (PDF) |
| 9 | Chapter III: Figure and ground (PDF) |
| 10 | Contracrostipunctus (PDF) |
| 11 | Chapter IV: Consistency, completeness, and geometry (PDF) |
| 12 | Little harmonic Labyrinth (PDF) |
| 13 | Chapter V: Recursive structures and processes (PDF) |
| 14 | Canon by intervallic augmentation (PDF) |
| 15 | Chapter VI: The location of meaning (PDF) |
| 16 | IAASL - Chapter 10: Gödel's quintessential strange loop (PDF) |
One additional document, Recursive Structures and Processes, covers topics from many different lectures.
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