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61 Post author: AnnaSalamon 08 December 2010 05:30PM

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Comment author: David_Gerard 08 December 2010 08:17:07PM *  2 points [-]

These appear to be things that, once solved, aren't "philosophy" any more. So what's philosophy? What, in your view, is left?

Comment author: WrongBot 08 December 2010 08:26:25PM 8 points [-]

Problems we don't know the right questions for yet. When we have a good handle on a question, it becomes science. When we have a good answer for the question, it becomes settled science.