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0 pointsintellectronica16y ago0 comments

I definitely wouldn't want to throw away a century of philosophy, but I don't think we'd miss much if we threw away a century of philosophers.

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xenophanes16y ago

Karl Popper was in that century. And Richard Feynman. That's two good philosophers.

intellectronicaOP16y ago

Feynman was not a philosopher (which proves my point). Popper is indeed an exception.

xenophanes16y ago

Feynman has a philosophy book (_The Meaning of It All_) which is excellent. He discussed philosophy of science frequently in his books and lectures, and sometimes other types of philosophy, e.g. educational philosophy.

Feynman is not noted as a philosopher, which perhaps proves the point that people are looking for the wrong thing in a philosopher.

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0 pointsintellectronica16y ago0 comments

I definitely wouldn't want to throw away a century of philosophy, but I don't think we'd miss much if we threw away a century of philosophers.

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xenophanes16y ago

Karl Popper was in that century. And Richard Feynman. That's two good philosophers.

intellectronicaOP16y ago

Feynman was not a philosopher (which proves my point). Popper is indeed an exception.

xenophanes16y ago

Feynman is not noted as a philosopher, which perhaps proves the point that people are looking for the wrong thing in a philosopher.

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