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At the highest level, philosophy already is part of the STEM subject. At lower levels, it's up to the teacher, but in my experience the best teachers would make

by unabst 10y ago

At the highest level, philosophy already is part of the STEM subject. At lower levels, it's up to the teacher, but in my experience the best teachers would make me think and juggle abstract ideas, which is pretty much philosophy in a nutshell. Philosophy as a lone subject is rather broad and less relevant, as most scientific philosophy has already transferred to STEM courses with real scientists doing a better job incorporating them in their classes. Here is a course description lifted straight from MIT's CS course list: > 6.833 The Human Intelligence Enterprise > Analyzes seminal work directed at the development of a computational understanding of human intelligence, such as work on learning, language, vision, event representation, commonsense reasoning, self reflection, story understanding, and analogy. Reviews visionary ideas of Turing, Minsky, and other influential thinkers. Examines the implications of work on brain scanning, developmental psychology, and cognitive psychology. Emphasis on discussion and analysis of original papers. Requires the completion of additional exercises and a substantial term project. Enrollment limited. http://student.mit.edu/catalog/m6c.html http://student.mit.edu/catalog/m6c.html

jhanschoo 10y ago
Adding on, paraphrasing from Anthony Kenny in an introduction to a volumen of his book A New History of Philosophy, philosophy is affectionately called the mother of sciences. When a philosophical question, e.g. what is free will, and is there free will, develops a well-defined approach to an answer, it often splits off into its own scientific field. For example, for the question of free will, we can investigate it as politics, and examine the structures of coercion by power, as behavior and psychology, and as biological processes.

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At the highest level, philosophy already is part of the STEM subject. At lower levels, it's up to the teacher, but in my experience the best teachers would make

by unabst 10y ago

jhanschoo 10y ago
Adding on, paraphrasing from Anthony Kenny in an introduction to a volumen of his book A New History of Philosophy, philosophy is affectionately called the mother of sciences. When a philosophical question, e.g. what is free will, and is there free will, develops a well-defined approach to an answer, it often splits off into its own scientific field. For example, for the question of free will, we can investigate it as politics, and examine the structures of coercion by power, as behavior and psychology, and as biological processes.