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 by: henh...@gmail.com - Tue, 19 Jul 2022 14:16 UTC

On Monday, November 14, 2005 at 3:38:19 AM UTC-8, Danil wrote:
> Simon Tatham says...
> >
> > I remember this quote too. I had a vague memory that he was
> > introduced as `Professor Smullyan' rather than `Raymond Smullyan',
> > and so I googled for "Professor Smullyan" "you don't exist". This
> > threw up exactly two hits. The first
> >
> > http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind9908d&L=conch-l&F=&S=&P=16042
> >
> > cites it as appearing in Smullyan's own book `What is the Name of
> > This Book?', on p201 (in some edition or other :-).

> Bingo! Thanks
> "I once gave a talk on my logic puzzles to an undergraduate mathematics
> club. I was introduced by the logician Melvin Fitting (a former student
> of mine, who knows me extremely well). His introduction really captures
> the spirit of this book almost better than the book itself! He said, 'I
> now introduce Professor Smullyan, who will prove to you that either he
> doesn't exist or you don't exist, but you won't know which.'
> _What is the Name of This Book_, Chapter 14 (How To Prove Anything),
> puzzle #238. Sure enough, it appears on page 201 of the 1978 hardbound
> edition. Also on the dust jacket.

> I'd imagine that looking up the quotation in WitNoTB? ought to give you the rest of the details.

if i had to pick one Smullyan book (e.g. to take to a desert island), this one would be it.

the 2nd might be tTiS or FU:aPGtG

WitNoTB ---------- maybe [i] should be uppercase ?

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 by: HenHanna - Sat, 4 May 2024 01:48 UTC

henh...@gmail.com wrote:

> On Monday, November 14, 2005 at 3:38:19 AM UTC-8, Danil wrote:
>> Simon Tatham says...
>> >
>> > I remember this quote too. I had a vague memory that he was
>> > introduced as `Professor Smullyan' rather than `Raymond Smullyan',
>> > and so I googled for "Professor Smullyan" "you don't exist". This
>> > threw up exactly two hits. The first
>> >
>> >
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind9908d&L=conch-l&F=&S=&P=16042
>> >
>> > cites it as appearing in Smullyan's own book `What is the Name of
>> > This Book?', on p201 (in some edition or other :-).

>> Bingo! Thanks
>> "I once gave a talk on my logic puzzles to an undergraduate mathematics

>> club. I was introduced by the logician Melvin Fitting (a former student

>> of mine, who knows me extremely well). His introduction really captures

>> the spirit of this book almost better than the book itself! He said, 'I

>> now introduce Professor Smullyan, who will prove to you that either he
>> doesn't exist or you don't exist, but you won't know which.'
>> _What is the Name of This Book_, Chapter 14 (How To Prove Anything),
>> puzzle #238. Sure enough, it appears on page 201 of the 1978 hardbound
>> edition. Also on the dust jacket.

>> I'd imagine that looking up the quotation in WitNoTB? ought to give you
the rest of the details.

> if i had to pick one Smullyan book (e.g. to take to a desert island),
this one would be it.

> the 2nd might be tTiS or
FU:aPGtG

> WitNoTB ---------- maybe [i] should be uppercase ?



FU:aPGtG --------- i get it... [Forever Undecided ..............]

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 by: HenHanna - Sat, 4 May 2024 00:02 UTC

henh...@gmail.com wrote:

> On Monday, November 14, 2005 at 3:38:19 AM UTC-8, Danil wrote:
>> Simon Tatham says...
>> >
>> > I remember this quote too. I had a vague memory that he was
>> > introduced as `Professor Smullyan' rather than `Raymond Smullyan',
>> > and so I googled for "Professor Smullyan" "you don't exist". This
>> > threw up exactly two hits. The first
>> >
>> >
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind9908d&L=conch-l&F=&S=&P=16042
>> >
>> > cites it as appearing in Smullyan's own book `What is the Name of
>> > This Book?', on p201 (in some edition or other :-).

>> Bingo! Thanks
>> "I once gave a talk on my logic puzzles to an undergraduate mathematics

>> club. I was introduced by the logician Melvin Fitting (a former student

>> of mine, who knows me extremely well). His introduction really captures

>> the spirit of this book almost better than the book itself! He said, 'I

>> now introduce Professor Smullyan, who will prove to you that either he
>> doesn't exist or you don't exist, but you won't know which.'
>> _What is the Name of This Book_, Chapter 14 (How To Prove Anything),
>> puzzle #238. Sure enough, it appears on page 201 of the 1978 hardbound
>> edition. Also on the dust jacket.

>> I'd imagine that looking up the quotation in WitNoTB? ought to give you
the rest of the details.

> if i had to pick one Smullyan book (e.g. to take to a desert island),
this one would be it.

> the 2nd might be tTiS or
FU:aPGtG

> WitNoTB ---------- maybe [i] should be uppercase ?

FU: aPGtoG <------- ?????????

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