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I am going to repeat my original point: > Pure math makes up two of the seven liberal arts. This is utterly impossible to understand as anything other than a
by morelisp 6y ago
I am going to repeat my original point:
> Pure math makes up two of the seven liberal arts.
This is utterly impossible to understand as anything other than a reference the specific medieval seven liberal arts which do historically and practically underpin the definition of the unversity as distinct from other forms of tertiary education, not the "modern" concept of a liberal arts education.
Go grind your political axe elsewhere.
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- chrisseaton 6y agoGiven that America has a literal 'Hamburger University' I'm not sure you can complain that a British university not having a pure maths department is some kind of dilution of the term. It'd be illegal to call it 'Hamburger University' in the UK for comparison, as 'university' is a protected designation here and it wouldn't meet the standards for a university, while it does in the US. (McDonald's does have the same training facility in the UK, but it doesn't claim to be a 'university' here or award 'degrees' like it does in the US.)
- morelisp 6y agoIf you're suggesting that the University of Leicester sans math department is at least as legitimate a university as Hamburger University, I will agree.