I was wondering if any academic philosophers visit this forum — Shawn
I didn't end up staying in academia, but technically I am one. — Manuel
I, on the other hand, am not surprised at all. I never attended to so many talks and in such frequency about science in any philosophical forum or community that I have participated in other than here. In fact, when I joined TPF, since 1.5 years ago, I was surprised to see that TPF allowed topics in which the subject was purely scientific, instead of removing them. Now, I got used to it of course!I am somewhat saddened that the logic and philosophy of mathematics and philosophy of science categories never receive much attention or forum posts — Shawn
I can understand this well. What I cannot undestand is how can science --and more specifically, talking about purely scientific subjects-- be so à la mode in here!But the logic and philosophy of mathematics and philosophy of science is not my area of interest. — Fooloso4
What I cannot undestand is how can science --and more specifically, talking about purely scientific subjects-- be so à la mode in here! — Alkis Piskas
Good point! :up: This explains a lot.Science is by its nature conventional, so its concepts are more accessible to the average person than are philosophical ideas. As a result, people are forced to use their knowledge of science to extrapolate abstract philosophical notions — Joshs
I dunno that I'd really call myself "an academic philosopher", as that sounds like I have a PhD and publish papers in journals and stuff. I just have a BA in the subject. But I appreciate that someone here remembers me fondly!Pfhorrest is an academic philosopher. He writes interesting articles in his main page: The Codex Quaerentis. — javi2541997
I found a philosophy chat server on Discord that I enjoyed more than here, where I was quickly thrust up the ranks of staff and now basically run the place. It's probably against the rules to link to it here...I remember that a few years ago he posted some consistent and philosophical threads but I think he is off from TPF or he is just taking a break.
I am somewhat saddened that the logic and philosophy of mathematics and philosophy of science categories never receive much attention or forum posts. — Shawn
We have had a few actual physicists active here, but they seem to have at least momentarily fled the environment. — jgill
I posted a question about philosophy of maths and the ontological status of number, which was frozen because, the moderator said, there was no-one there qualified to address it — Wayfarer
I wonder what would happen if this were posted on a math forum. — jgill
Thus we have agnostic realism about the mathematical world: numbers are real but we must be agnostic about the intrinsic character of numbers—as we must be agnostic about the true nature of what we call “matter”.
Can philosophy bring any clarity to something that exists only within its practice? — jgill
...being a Mysterian myself, I can't help but like him.... — Manuel
The philosophy of mathematics is largely foundation theory, and this is a very technical subject. I was a math prof but beyond naive set theory I know little of foundations. In the past the forum had several participants who seemed quite knowledgeable in the subject, but, apart from Tones in a Deep Freeze they don't seem to be active. Beyond foundations I suppose one looks into the historical origins of the subject, arguing what Aristotle really meant by something attributed to him, etc. Not much there in my opinion. — jgill
. Can philosophy bring any clarity to something that exists only within its practice? — jgill
I’m trying to think of an example of something that exists only within philosophy’s practice (or doesn’t exist only within its practice). Put differently, isnt the aim of philosophy to address within its practice such inclusive concepts as world, existence , reality and truth? — Joshs
A lot of academic philosophy is focused more on itself than on concepts of "world, existence, reality and truth." Much of what is taught and published is exclusively devoted to the study of philosophers and their texts — SophistiCat
I’m trying to think of an example of something that exists only within philosophy’s practice (or doesn’t exist only within its practice). Put differently, isnt the aim of philosophy to address within its practice such inclusive concepts as world, existence , reality and truth? — Joshs
A lot of academic philosophy is focused more on itself than on concepts of "world, existence, reality and truth." Much of what is taught and published is exclusively devoted to the study of philosophers and their texts; in essence, it is philology of philosophy. History and sociology of philosophy are often also included into the same discipline. — SophistiCat
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