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Does Bill Nye's comments about philosophy show his ignorance on the subject?
- j1vms 10y agoLess click-baiting title could be: Does Bill Nye's comments about philosophy show his ignorance on the subject?
- cpard 10y agoThanks for the recommendation!
- j1vms 10y ago> the methods of analyzing such topics are incredibly, mind-achingly rigorous. > philosophy, at its core, involves highly critical thinking. > Ned Hall, a professor and philosophy department chair at Harvard University (...) describes philosophy as, “Thinking in slow motion.” I am not an academic philosopher, but I do think these are accurate descriptions of the state of contemporary philosophy, but this is not commonly known to people not familiar with the discipline.