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Amongst other things I study Philosophy and find it fascinating. It can really open your mind to a variety of subjects, whether it is maths, physics, business o
by mrleiter 8y ago
Amongst other things I study Philosophy and find it fascinating. It can really open your mind to a variety of subjects, whether it is maths, physics, business or law. Doesn't matter. There is a whole area dedicated to technology [1]. I started studying it because I felt many important questions lingering in my head, but no satisfying answer.
And the truth is: philosophy does not give to satisfying answers. But what it does give you is a sharper mind, a mind that can formulate the right questions, which can give you so much more insight.
If you come from a technological side and have not wandered into philosophy yet, why not start with something analytical? Start with type theory by Bertrand Russell [2]. Then move onto his thoughts on religion and science [3].
In my eyes, philosophy is beauty and I would never want to miss it. It's very often a challenge, to challenge your own convictions, your thoughts, your way of living. If you let yourself "fall into" it, then there is a whole universe.
Currently I am reading Ludwig Wittgensteins "Philosophical Investigations" [4]. It's almost a complete opposite of what he wrote decades earlier about language, that it is much more than a logical system. What is language? Why does it work? How does it work? It's a fascinating journey into the mind of another brilliant person (who also happens to be a pupil of Russell).
So please, go ahead and enjoy philosophy :) I am all for it.
[1] https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/technology/ https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/technology/
[2] https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/type-theory/ https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/type-theory/
[3] https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.52360 https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.52360
[4] https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/wittgenstein/#PhilInve https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/wittgenstein/#PhilInve
- aidenn0 8y agoMy experience with philosophy was all undergrad and peaked at the 300 level. That experience is what has led to my belief that the overwhelming majority of philosophy has little of value to offer me. I'm certainly open to being wrong about this; if I were to judge the field of computing solely by what is taught in undergraduate courses, I'd have a lower opinion of it. However I still got the impression that the most well grounded fields of philosophy are no more related to reality than the more ivory-tower fields of computer science.