From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10d15b,328622178ec8b832 X-Google-Attributes: gid10d15b,public X-Google-Thread: 10d15b,3cfb037adfeca545 X-Google-Attributes: gid10d15b,public X-Google-Thread: 1014db,3cfb037adfeca545 X-Google-Attributes: gid1014db,public X-Google-Thread: 109fba,a03ae7f4e53958e1 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: 109fba,3cfb037adfeca545 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: 1094ba,a03ae7f4e53958e1 X-Google-Attributes: gid1094ba,public X-Google-Thread: 1094ba,3cfb037adfeca545 X-Google-Attributes: gid1094ba,public X-Google-Thread: 111d6b,328622178ec8b832 X-Google-Attributes: gid111d6b,public X-Google-Thread: 111d6b,3cfb037adfeca545 X-Google-Attributes: gid111d6b,public X-Google-Thread: 114809,a03ae7f4e53958e1 X-Google-Attributes: gid114809,public X-Google-Thread: 114809,3cfb037adfeca545 X-Google-Attributes: gid114809,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,8775b19e3c68a5dc X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,3cfb037adfeca545 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 1014db,a03ae7f4e53958e1 X-Google-Attributes: gid1014db,public From: The Goobers Subject: Re: Philosophers Date: 1998/01/24 Message-ID: <34C9F3D0.6B5A@erols.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 318851381 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <67et6o$dql@bgtnsc03.worldnet.att.net> <882757510snz@genesis.demon.co.uk> <67ktrg$ibk@bgtnsc03.worldnet.att.net> <883319809snz@genesis.demon.co.uk> <68bt2p$d48@lotho.delphi.com> <34a991f0.2379476@news.diac.com> <68dm0i$brv1@news.fiberlink.net> <01bd198f$4050d960$68c8b5cc@dhite.unicomp.net> <34B71B71.1EFDCAD8@ix.netcom.com> <34B8DC0F.BA0554DB@acm.org> <01bd1ebd$8580b9a0$b2684bc2@xzSys> <34BA520B.534F@mail.state.wi.us> <01bd2526$66b70fa0$d6d945cf@juddesk> <34c80bb5.39357256@news.vt.edu> <01bd284c$4b0b4fe0$c0f682c1@xhv46.dial.pipex.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Reply-To: docdwarf@erols.com To: mwhiten@v-wave.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Complaints-To: abuse@erols.com X-Trace: winter.news.erols.com 885650441 28062 207.172.128.143 (24 Jan 1998 14:00:41 GMT) Organization: BudNy Organisation Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.misc,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.fortran,comp.lang.cobol,comp.lang.smalltalk,comp.lang.ada Date: 1998-01-24T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Mike Whiten wrote: > > Nick Roberts wrote: > >I'm afraid I believe a great many people don't realise that philosophy is > >the most 'hard core' field of study there is. As Russell put it, > >philosophy is "accurate thinking", which is really exactly what computer > >programming is. Give me a bunch of CS PhDs and a philosopher to employ, > >and I'd have the philosopher every time. They are the only ones who are > >actually taught to _think_ (I really mean this!). > > Philosophy is what scientists do in their spare time. 'Scientists'? What are those... oh, wait a minute, I see... you mean 'natural philosophers'! (For the unaware... up until the late 18th century what we now call 'scientists' were called 'natural philosophers'. For the aware... muse over the difference between 'philos sophos' and 'scire') > Actually, this is true for philosophy grads... it's just that they have > a lot *more* spare time on their hands... Hey, the reason I went into coding was because nobody was hiring Corporate Philosophers... isn't it obvious? DD