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=2.1 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_40,INVALID_MSGID, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 111d6b,328622178ec8b832 X-Google-Attributes: gid111d6b,public X-Google-Thread: 111d6b,cf04ca12585a8d55 X-Google-Attributes: gid111d6b,public X-Google-Thread: 109fba,a03ae7f4e53958e1 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: 109fba,cf04ca12585a8d55 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: 1094ba,a03ae7f4e53958e1 X-Google-Attributes: gid1094ba,public X-Google-Thread: 1094ba,cf04ca12585a8d55 X-Google-Attributes: gid1094ba,public X-Google-Thread: 1014db,cf04ca12585a8d55 X-Google-Attributes: gid1014db,public X-Google-Thread: 1014db,a03ae7f4e53958e1 X-Google-Attributes: gid1014db,public X-Google-Thread: 114809,a03ae7f4e53958e1 X-Google-Attributes: gid114809,public X-Google-Thread: 114809,cf04ca12585a8d55 X-Google-Attributes: gid114809,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,8775b19e3c68a5dc X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,cf04ca12585a8d55 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 10d15b,328622178ec8b832 X-Google-Attributes: gid10d15b,public X-Google-Thread: 10d15b,cf04ca12585a8d55 X-Google-Attributes: gid10d15b,public From: Arnold Trembley Subject: Re: Philosophers Date: 1998/01/25 Message-ID: <6afc8j$6k2@bgtnsc02.worldnet.att.net>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 319097555 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <67et6o$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> <34C9F3D0.6B5A@erols.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Organization: AT&T WorldNet Services Mime-Version: 1.0 Reply-To: arnold.trembley@worldnet.att.net Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.misc,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.fortran,comp.lang.cobol,comp.lang.smalltalk,comp.lang.ada Date: 1998-01-25T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: The Goobers wrote: > > 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') I am not aware, I had to go to my American Heritage dictionary for the derivation. "Philosophy" from the Greek "Loving Wisdom", "Science" from the Latin "Scire" which means "to know". > > > 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 Okay, I only have a BS in English (having declined to take a foreign language after high school French). I took a couple of philosophy courses in College. They were fun but probably better suited for criminal lawyers (is there any other kind?). Lots of debate and argument, but no conclusions as far as I could tell. Marginally more polite than usenet, sometimes less polite. Arnold Trembley Software Engineer I (just a job title, still a programmer) MasterCard International "Y2K? Because Centuries Happen!"