Is philosophy dead?

[bennyboy]

Philosophy isn't a view.  It's a family name-- an umbrella-- for all schools of creative or critical thought.  Obviously, focus changes greatly as different philosophical ideas come in vogue.  But math has always been connected to philosophy, right from the start.

You know what's interesting about what you say here is, I always viewed philosophy as a school of subjective thought, and math has always been in the category of objectivity, in my mind. Can philosophy encompass the objective, as well? 

I'd say two things about that.  First of all "philo" means love, and "sophy" means wisdom.  Philosophy, literally, is the love of wisdom.  I googled "what is philosophy" and got

the study of the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence, especially when considered as an academic discipline.

Clearly, modern science, and the beliefs and assumptions underlying science, fall under this umbrella. I view science as that branch of philosophy dedicated to the study of physical objects, properties, forces and events.

It is interesting to note that there is an important relationship in math: while numbers aren't "real," in that they are neither things nor properties of things, it is only by understanding numbers that the study of the physical universe can be done properly.