Philosophy and Computer Science Revisited 204
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?"
Reading two and a half year old slashdot? (Score:5, Funny)
While reading the two and a half year old Slashdot post
Get out much?
I for one... (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.
No (Score:2, Funny)
Hint for those of you not forced to study such things while you were taking CS - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Descartes [wikipedia.org]
Philosophy? What about religion (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)
Two and a half years? (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.
Re:Logic is programming (Score:3, Funny)