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Re:Has Physics Gotten Something Really Important Really Wrong? by pron on Sunday July 10, 2016 @12:25AM (#12064565)
> but certainly not in the sense of providing a positive result or foundation for one

I don't think philosophy strives to provide positive results. That is left to science. But philosophical ideas can help direct science, and that is a great contribution.

> post Frege philosophy

Post Frege? Even if you only value analytic philosophers, and mostly for their contributions to mathematical logic, I think you should at least acknowledge Russel, Kripke, Putnam and possibly others, if only for their immense contributions to computer science.

Re:Has Physics Gotten Something Really Important Really Wrong? by Paradigma11 on Sunday July 10, 2016 @02:14AM (#12064740)
Let's not forget Quine.