Long-Term Self-Education Plan

Comment below if you're interested in following along with me! This is based on a quote from Chris Langan's interview with SuperScholar on how to (actually) learn the CTMU (in a comment below).

If Compatriot Academy is a college, this will be like a graduate or PhD curriculum (CTMUD?) for mathematical metaphysics.

Self-Education:

Sept. 2024- December 2026, 5 Semester Graduate Degree Curriculum

Logic and Mathematics

“One therefore begins with mathematical logic, all the way from the propositional and predicate calculi to lattices and model theory; arithmetic, abstract algebra, and elementary analysis; basic probability theory and statistics; foundational mathematics, including the theories of sets and categories;”
“One can then move on to the theories of computation and information.”
Textbook: THE OPEN LOGIC TEXT by Open Logic Project https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CsklO4CkTpAvjcZjY8Nf1_WOCI9oWMDM/view Topoi: The
Categorical Analysis of Logic by Robert Goldblatt https://drive.google.com/file/d/1QBdxcgoHLTez4BxmPM-ZwRqGhxfe8N4N/view
An Introduction to Manifolds by Loring W. Tu https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tWQJxBdOB8-uk2b26hGnHIEtkONtEHV3/view
Differential Geometry by Loring W. Tu https://drive.google.com/file/d/1fSnIJhZNRyYkq72EQaNlVmwAuY-DoZ2y/view

Multivariable Calculus Class at Gann
Number Theory Class at Gann

Metaphysics, Theology, and Philosophy

“Of course, metaphysics and theology.”
Books:
Metaphysics: A Guide and Anthology by Tim Crane
Selected Writings by Thomas Aquinas
Critique of Pure Reason by Immanuel Kant
Between God and Man: An Interpretation of Judaism by Abraham Joshua Heschel
The Republic by Plato
The Pillar and Ground of the Truth: An Essay in Orthodox Theodicy by Pavel Florensky
Institutes of the Christian Religion by John Calvin
I and Thou by Martin Buber

Algebra, Computation, and Language

“the algebraic and computational theories of language, generative (computational) grammar and the logical theory of metalanguages”
Syntactic Structures by Noam Chomsky https://drive.google.com/file/d/1N4aSwNIyRd0eKsZnKDi_kr8SqNDpKi4p/view
Philosophy of Language by Scott Soames https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uGxNtzx5qqafMoFsTK_67h0gm-HHi2gD/view

Physics

“classical and quantum physics, including relativity theory and cosmology”
The Theoretical Minimum: What You Need to Know to Start Doing Physics by Leonard Susskind
Quantum Mechanics: The Theoretical Minimum by Leonard Susskind https://drive.google.com/file/d/17TTOR5iysV5GXrUnjQvnE2KH_I2XL_u5/view
Classical Mechanics: The Theoretical Minimum by Leonard Susskind
Special Relativity and Classical Field Theory: The Theoretical Minimum by Leonard Susskind
General Relativity: The Theoretical Minimum by Leonard Susskind
Introducing Einstein’s Relativity by Ray D’Inverno and James Vickers
The Principles of Quantum Mechanics by Paul Dirac https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Pdw_uSYTCiJSFnc9miXDCIrG12UWmNhH/view
Relativity: The Special and General Theory by Albert Einstein [suggestion by Patrick O'Dowd]
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YbBfJOySFgRsHpbgnRi5gNYFKLcf0VfM/view

Biology, Neuroscience, and Cognitive Psychology

“the study of causality and evolution in fields like biology, neuroscience, and cognitive psychology; decision theory and economics, especially as they relate to the nature and maximization of utility and the stratification of utility functions and distributions.”
Evolution, Classification & Diversity: Essential Biology Self-Teaching Guide (Essential Biology Self-Teaching Guides) by Sterling Education
Uncommon Dissent: Intellectuals Who Find Darwinism Unconvincing by William Dembski et al.
The Design Inference: Eliminating Chance Through Small Probabilities by William Dembski and Winston Ewert
Theoretical Neuroscience: Computational And Mathematical Modeling of Neural Systems (Computational Neuroscience) by Peter Dayan and Laurence F. Abbott
Active Inference: The Free Energy Principle In Mind, Brain, and Behavior by Karl J. Friston et al.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Mz44IimWAc_QLhYgAIRT5HuKtA6tmh5K/view

Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
Nudge: The Final Edition by Richard H. Thaler and Cass R. Sunstein
The Cell Language Theory: Connecting Mind and Matter by Sungchul Ji [suggestion by Joshua Smith]

CTMU

“and so on up to (intellectual) exhaustion.”

Chris Langan Major Papers 1989-2020 by Christopher Langan
The Portable Chris Langan by Christopher Langan
Read the entire Chris Langan archive on knowledgebase.ctmu.net (password: CTMU2025)
Read all newer Langan publications.

Thesis

Write CTMUD Thesis: “Summa Metaphysica” by Thomas Goloboy
Write ’14 points’ like Kurt Gödel summarizing my beliefs and convictions

Maintenance

After the SIYUM and CTMUD, most of my efforts will focus on organizational/CTMU movement work with far less self-study. The study I do will focus on a small set of books (e.g., particular books of the Bible, favorite CTMU papers, etc.) that I plan to read hundreds of times throughout my life.

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