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by lioeters 1394 days ago
I've heard computer science described as "applied mathematics". And if mathematics is a branch of philosophy, then perhaps software engineering is a distant branch (or the most cutting-edge frontier) of "applied philosophy".
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Obligatory xkcd: https://xkcd.com/435/ (Although apparently Randall forgot to include philosophy in the chart.)