Re: Philosophy vs. science

Posted by Nick Thompson on Jul 12, 2011; 12:58am
URL: http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/Philosophy-vs-science-tp6573103p6573365.html

Glen,

I guess I am in that camp, although I am not in the camp that thinks that
philosophy is mental self-abuse.  Philosophy is different from science.  

But before I say why -- again -- could you tell me how (if?) you think
mathematics is different from science.

Nick




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I'm curious to know what the "philosophy is very different from science"
camp thinks of this paper:

  http://phil.elte.hu/leszabo/Preprints/MG-LESz-rp_preprint-v5.pdf

It's not a rhetorical question.  I don't understand that paper or the
physics or math being discussed ... at least not to my satisfaction.
But it would be interesting to use the contents of this paper to find out
_why_ you think philosophy is so different from so much of what we (perhaps
mistakenly) call "science".

--
glen e. p. ropella, 971-222-9095, http://tempusdictum.com


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