Raymond Smullyan
Raymond Smullyan
Raymond Merrill Smullyan is an American mathematician, concert pianist, logician, Taoist philosopher, and magician...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMathematician
CountryUnited States of America
confusion mind matter
Metaphysical problems about "mind" versus "matter" arise only from epistemological confusions.
choices free-will chosen
I have free will, but not of my own choice. I have never freely chosen to have free will. I have to have free will, whether I like it or not!
astrology reason ifs
Recently, someone asked me if I believed in astrology. He seemed somewhat puzzled when I explained that the reason I don't is that I'm a Gemini.
worried should should-i
Why should I be worried about death?...
atmosphere serious rational
Humor could not flourish in a wholly serious and rational atmosphere.