A tiny question.

[BICKMAN MARTIN]

Yes, but we have consider the arguments of people like Richard Rorty, no 
longer in the "discipline," who have pointed out how "professional" 
philosophers become blinded and narrowed by their disciplinary concerns.  
Certalnly philosophy departments in American universities have not been 
where the intellectual action has been for the past fifty years.

Marty Bickman

On Tue, 2 Jan 1996, Hartwin Alfred Gebhardt wrote:

> > On Sun, 31 Dec 1995, Hartwin Alfred Gebhardt wrote:
> > 
> > > The quote is nonsense of 
> > > course - arguing from the first law of thermodynamics to some sort of 
> > > transcendence of self or survival of the 'soul' or some such 
> > > metaphysical whatnot whatnot is a typical example of a scientist trying 
> > > to do philosophy, and failing miserably (vBraun is in good company, 
> > > though, others who should not have tried are Newton, Einstein and Hawking).
> 
> grip replied:
>  
> > I would wonder about a person who does NOT try to do philosophy. Surely 
> > everyone is entitled to express their own philosophical observations and 
> > beliefs, in particular noting how certain physical observations are 
> > compatible with and supportive of ones own beliefs.
> 
> Yes, everyone "does" philosophy. But philosophy isn't easier than any 
> other discipline. Just because a famous physicist does it and gets 
> published, does not mean his amateurish ramblings are any good. Like a 
> famous basketball star doing quantum physics - there is no reason to think 
> that it will be very good either, hmm?
> 
> hg
> hag at iafrica.com
>