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by true_maybe
1756 days ago
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It seems to me that an introduction to philosophy that maintains both interest and graspability is in the philosophy of science. All of the sciences began in philosophy. When the great big questions that invoke a great deal of discussion over meaning subside, that science has gone on to supersede its parent: This happened with physics in the 17th century, biology, and psychology. If you want to ask great big questions of a discipline that are often frowned upon within that discipline, philosophy is a place to engage in this type of discourse. Further, the lines of _what a discipline is_ are typically drawn in philosophy, not within the discipline itself. This is a frequent discourse in the philosophy of science. As, the question of, "what is science" doesn't seem well suited to be answered by any science in particular. |
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