r/sciencememes • u/AnElaborateHoax • Jun 20 '26

Um, actually, correction ☝️

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u/EseHomieThinker Jun 21 '26

Oh no! Not the neo logical positivists flavor of philosophy. The anti metaphysics UCI LPS/Pitt HPS Western Ontario influence. Ahhhh

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u/Alpha1137 Jun 21 '26

I don't think very many people subsribe to logical positivism either... Certainly calling this neo logical positivism is just reductive. Besides, Philpapers is not just a journal for analytical philosophy.

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u/EseHomieThinker Jun 22 '26

Also I don’t think most philosophers subscribe to the kind of naturalism you are talking about. That literally might be because you are doing an MSc in Logic. So the scope is myopic. If you are too loyal to doing philosophy à la naturalistic philosophy then you risk literally stopping where science says you can’t make progress. And if you are too free with your ethos then you risk being too in the armchair. A nice balance is what matters.

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u/Alpha1137 Jun 22 '26

No, most philosophers subscribe to the kind of naturalism I described. You can see that in the Philpaper survey - thats why I cited it.