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Re:Plato at the Googleplex: Why Philosophy Won't Go Away by boyobo on Friday November 20, 2020 @01:03PM (#25163055)
Why did you pick out that quote if it misrepresents the linked article?
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Re:Plato at the Googleplex: Why Philosophy Won't Go Away by keiferski on Friday November 20, 2020 @01:14PM (#25163170)
I don't think it misrepresents it at all. I wasn't reading "natural world" as being strictly a scientific thing.
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Re:Plato at the Googleplex: Why Philosophy Won't Go Away by ekabod on Saturday November 21, 2020 @12:26AM (#25168031)
"natural world" is the term used by greek philosophers to describe cosmos and motions. It is the same as a "scientific thing".
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