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Sounds like a waste of time (lemmy.world)

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[–] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 35 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (13 children)

Eh, I dunno, I think philosophy can be pretty cool.

Logic and epistemology give us the tools to create proofs and algorithms, and it's basically the foundation of modern mathematics.
Having the tools to communicate and understand concepts in ethics makes society more secular (because ethics aren't just handed down from on high) and hopefully more humane.
Metaphysics I feel again moves us more toward secularism because it gives us ways to reason about the universe other than just "some big powerful boi did it (and he conveniently thinks you should give me money)".

[–] affiliate@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (7 children)

the math/philosophy overlap in set theory/logic makes me uneasy. the closer you get to it, the more the idea that "math is objective" starts to fade away. also pretty surreal to be learning philosophy/taking things as given in a math class. especially because you spend a lot of time proving that certain things are true, but you don't ever say what it means for something to be true.

[–] Katrisia@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago

All roads lead to Rome.

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