bentarm comments on Were atoms real? - Less Wrong

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

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Comment author: bentarm 09 December 2010 02:22:33AM 3 points [-]

your question is one of those "great unsolved problems in philosophy."

Are there great solved problems in philosophy?

I think a good working definition of philosophy is "not science yet" - so the answer to this question is "yes, but we don't call it philosophy any more".