Having studied at the same university (though not with either of the professors), I can confirm that both teachers are respected professors and experts in their fields (logic and the philosophy of science). I'm sure it'll be an interesting course.
>> Week Eight: Quantum Logic (orthocomplemented lattices, projections, Gleason's Theorem, probability and logic).<p>Naive question: wasn't quantum logic a somewhat failed endeavour and a thing of the past?
I'm sure there is some interesting and valid material here, but the overall project of doing philosophy via mathematics is nonsense.<p>As a sidenote, you acutally need philosophy to validate mathematics, not the other way around.