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I am not sure if you are cheap-shotting Dennet and Wittgenstein or philosophy as a whole. I think if you were to genuinely throw away the last 100 years of phi
by anonjon 17y ago
I am not sure if you are cheap-shotting Dennet and Wittgenstein or philosophy as a whole.
I think if you were to genuinely throw away the last 100 years of philosophy, you would not find yourself in an intellectually better place.
- intellectronica 17y agoI definitely wouldn't want to throw away a century of philosophy, but I don't think we'd miss much if we threw away a century of philosophers.
- xenophanes 17y agoKarl Popper was in that century. And Richard Feynman. That's two good philosophers.
- intellectronica 17y agoFeynman was not a philosopher (which proves my point). Popper is indeed an exception.
- xenophanes 17y agoFeynman has a philosophy book (_The Meaning of It All_) which is excellent. He discussed philosophy of science frequently in his books and lectures, and sometimes other types of philosophy, e.g. educational philosophy. Feynman is not noted as a philosopher, which perhaps proves the point that people are looking for the wrong thing in a philosopher.
- guitarjunkie 17y agoThe Character of Physical Law is a philosophy of science book.