<html><head></head><body><div><span data-mailaddress="johnkclark@gmail.com" data-contactname="John Clark" class="clickable"><span title="johnkclark@gmail.com">John Clark</span><span class="detail"> <johnkclark@gmail.com></span></span> , 2/10/2014 8:04 PM:<br><blockquote class="mori" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:2px blue solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div>On Thu, Oct 2, 2014 at 12:38 PM, Anders Sandberg <span><<a href="mailto:anders@aleph.se" target="_blank" title="mailto:anders@aleph.se" class="mailto">anders@aleph.se</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="mcntgmail_extra"><div class="mcntgmail_quote"><br><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex;" class="mcntgmail_quote"><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex;" class="mcntgmail_quote">> So what have philosophers got to stack up against these gargantuan philosophical discoveries made by non-philosophers?<br></blockquote><br>> As soon as I say something you will say it is not philosophy. Formal logic, decision theory, foundations of mathematics... you will quickly say that wasn't philosophy<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>No I think those disciplines can and have contributed to philosophy, but it wasn't done by philosophers. By philosophers I mean those who are ignorant of modern developments in science and mathematics because they think it unimportant in philosophy and engage in ancestor worship for the ancient Greeks, Leibniz and a few 19th century philosophers. </div></div></div></div></blockquote></div><div><br></div><div>Guess why I will not even try to argue with you?</div><div><br></div><div>(Although I wonder what you would call us who work at FHI.)</div><div><br></div><div><br>Anders Sandberg, Future of Humanity Institute Philosophy Faculty of Oxford University</div></body></html>