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I think the question asked of Scott badly mischaracterizes Philosophy as I've seen it taught and studied. Philosophers interested in mind and cognition tend to
by takno 10y ago
I think the question asked of Scott badly mischaracterizes Philosophy as I've seen it taught and studied. Philosophers interested in mind and cognition tend to take a great deal of interest in developments in CS and neuroscience.
On the other hand it is entirely typical of a subset of researchers in fields like CS to think that 20th century science gives them all the answers and to demean anybody who wants them to think about whether they are even asking the right questions.
- empath75 10y agoIt's hard to argue that cutting edge CS like category theory and homotopy type theory isn't philosophical in nature.
- Xcelerate 10y agoI can't tell if you're being sarcastic, but I actually agree with your statement.
- 78666cdc 10y ago>Philosophers interested in mind and cognition tend to take a great deal of interest in developments in CS and neuroscience. And they tend to mangle it by inserting rigorous scientific results into a nonrigorous framework that often ends up being a game of word association played using misunderstandings of basic science.