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to bring it full circle and tear apart the original argument above, one could argue that the relatively simple laws of logic from philosophy give rise to all of
by a-dub 5y ago
to bring it full circle and tear apart the original argument above, one could argue that the relatively simple laws of logic from philosophy give rise to all of digital computing (like... what is directly expressed in digital logic design). yet the emergent complexity of all computerdom is far beyond the complexity of the basic rules of logic coming from philosophy.
more to the point here, computer science and mathematics are very similar to philosophy in that authors invent a set of abstractions and then construct rules for how they interact in a self-consistent manner.
- threatofrain 5y agoRelating computer science and mathematics to philosophy is already a fair and understandable argument. Yet, as separate divisions of professional academic labor, why do the fruits they bear look so different in terms of their ability to generate frameworks for multi-disciplinary consensus and international impact?
- a-dub 5y agocomputer science, mathematics, science and many other technical fields borrow logic and formalized reasoning from philosophy and subsets of those fields have direct applications in the system of production, therefore i think that's why they're elevated in terms of perceived impact. i've always sort of seen pure philosophy as an art for exercising rhetorical and general reasoning skills, which then seem to have the most natural applications in fields like law and politics. i think where it can go sideways is cases where philosophers will attempt to apply reasoning to premises or fields that they don't fully understand. that said, as we march into the post truth era, perhaps philosophy will have another moment to shine as a framework for training reasoning skills in an uncertain world.