[ExI] Philosophy and philosophers

[Dan]

> On Oct 9, 2014, at 11:08 AM, John Clark <johnkclark at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 5:50 PM, Dan <danust2012 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>>>  >> Scientists (and mathematicians) are the only ones who do come up
>>>  With great new philosophic ideas,
>> 
>> > Such as?
> 
> SUCH AS?! Pick any great scientist or mathematician, any at all.

Just a quick response in hopes of a longer one later today or tomorrow:

Again, such as? It should be easy to list two or three since there are so many. But let's ramify this: you said "only." So, things like the Gettier problem are not "great new philosophical" ideas, in your view? (This raises another issue that perhaps should be settled first: How do we agree on what's a "great new philosophical" before either of us lists them?)

Regards,

Dan
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