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Philosophy and Computer Science Revisited

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the philosophy-goes-nicely-with-many-things dept.

Soren Kierkegaard writes "While reading the two-and-a-half-year-old Slashdot post on Does Philosophy have a role in Computer Science, it occurred to me that over these past few years Philosophy has a more prominent role in Computer Science then ever before. Cognitive Science and Computer Ethics are more established disciplines in universities, and the numbers of philosophy graduates double majoring in computer science and information systems are climbing. Is a merger of Philosophy, a discipline steeped in history and intelligent thought, and Computer Science, a discipline that looks to the future, the best of both worlds?"

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  1. Reading two and a half year old slashdot? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    While reading the two and a half year old Slashdot post

    Get out much?

  2. I for one... by chill · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...wonder whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
    The slings and arrows of welcoming our new AI overlords or not; that is the question.

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    Learning HOW to think is more important than learning WHAT to think.
  3. No by JCSoRocks · · Score: 2, Funny

    Because we'll end up with programming examples that involve the use of methods named Cogito.Ergo.Sum() for adding two numbers together.


    Hint for those of you not forced to study such things while you were taking CS - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Descartes

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  4. Philosophy? What about religion by girlintraining · · Score: 2, Funny

    We've had that in IT for awhile now. Just go to your UNIX sysadmin and start reading the features list for Windows Vista-- Instant holy war. So philosophy in IT would actually be an improvement. ^_^ (grinning, ducking, running)

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  5. Two and a half years? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I couldn't get past the first sentence of the post. There are people who read two and a half year old Slashdot articles? Talk about concepts the mind can't grasp! It's bad enough to spend your day reading the current posts. Two and a half years. Jeez. I'm sorry, I have to lie down for a while.

  6. Re:Logic is programming by smittyoneeach · · Score: 2, Funny

    "Can we secure government funding to deconstruct the choice of A and B, at the expense of 92.3% of the rest of the alphabet?"

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    Get thee glass eyes, and, like a scurvy politician, seem to see things thou dost not.--King Lear