Probably because the class is heavily pointed towards the "of Science" part of "History and Philosophy of Science". Part of the point of the class is to show how the philosophers of science were out of touch with the general philosophy going on around them.
So true! I know that Kuhn hated the fact that Foucalt and Rorty built chunks of their philosophies on his ideas. He was aesthetically opposed to each of their takes on postmodern relativism, but philosophy is like any art: you can't control what people do with it once it's out there. Even John Locke, good Puritan that he was, was horrified that godless atheists and scientists took hold of his notion that machines with microscopic and telescopic ability could de-mystify nature because he couldn't stand the idea of a world in which God was not the ultimate authority about the composition of matter.
Nice to see you slacking intently, Nilly. You're not around enough.
My sister's e-mail sig used to be:
Q: And what's next for you?
Mos Def: Tomorrow, god willing.
She's now changed it to:
Q: And what's next for you?
Mos Def: Tomorrow, god willing.
Q: And what's next for you?
ita: Mos Def tomorrow, god willing.
Because of one subconscious-fueled little misread on my part.
Aw! It's Nilly!
Kat, you mean RZ and JG?
Yep.
HELLO. EASY HIKE, REMEMBER?
It wasn't hard! I'm just out of shape.
Yes, so we bought her a walker.
Very wise!
Annabel has a cold.
My sympathies to both of y'all.
ARGH. I woke up at midnight last night and couldn't sleep, having stupidly taken a nap at 4PM. Now I am The Living Dead. Furthermore, I know that if I leave for home and take a nap, the Circle of Gronk will continue.
I think my employer should pad all the sharp corners in my office.
Wait, Renee Zellweger married Jake Gyllenhaal? Or does JG stand for something else? Because my coworker told me this morning that she married Kenny Chesney, and we were hella confused.
philosophy is like any art: you can't control what people do with it once it's out there.
I love that fact - you have no idea where your thoughts and notions, things that only started existing because they were in your mind, are going to end, in which directions and to what ends. Life of their own, like it or not.
Thanks, ita. I definitely missed you (plural and singular) too.
Kat! How are you doing? Is this semester easier than the former one?
{{Betsy}} With lots of vibes for a quick improvement of things.
No, she married Kenny Chesney.
Because my coworker told me this morning that she married Kenny Chesney, and we were hella confused.
She did. JG is the other rumour -- Bennifer's supposably preggers.
