Peterdjones comments on Train Philosophers with Pearl and Kahneman, not Plato and Kant - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Peterdjones 04 December 2012 03:47:07PM 4 points [-]

Having read a lot of bad attempted philosophy by scientists, I'm inclined to think phil. doens't need replacement by, or oversight from, science

Comment author: thomblake 04 December 2012 05:40:47PM 1 point [-]

Having read a lot of bad attempted philosophy by scientists

But most of the really brilliant philosophers have come from a scientific background! For example, I don't think 20th-century philosophy would have accomplished nearly as much without Wittgenstein. And Aristotle wouldn't have gotten anywhere if he hadn't spent all those years cataloging plants and animals.