RE: Generally speaking, is philosophy a worthwhile subject of study?
February 19, 2022 at 4:59 am
(This post was last modified: February 19, 2022 at 5:09 am by GrandizerII.)
I realize now I did not answer your question the way you worded it, though the examples I provided are in line with what I actually said earlier.
For an example that actually led to successful scientific outcomes, see this (from the mouth of Einstein himself):
https://aeon.co/essays/what-albert-einst...on-of-time
For an example that actually led to successful scientific outcomes, see this (from the mouth of Einstein himself):
https://aeon.co/essays/what-albert-einst...on-of-time
Quote:Then he went on to express his intellectual debt to ‘Hume, whose Treatise of Human Nature I had studied avidly and with admiration shortly before discovering the theory of relativity. It is very possible that without these philosophical studies I would not have arrived at the solution.’