Hi, Roger,

 

Odd use of the word, "theology", no?  I could see that theology, in your
sense, is a branch of philosophy, but theology has to concern "God", doesn't
it?  But I agree with you that the heartland of philosophy is the study of
implication.  

 

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From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf
Of Roger Critchlow
Sent: Friday, July 08, 2011 1:17 PM
To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group
Subject: Re: [FRIAM] The Grand Design, Philosophy is Dead, and Hubris

 

Philosophy should be about how to use your head, how to think and interact
with other thinking beings, and it should work even if you don't know jack
about physics, neuroscience, computation, or the history of philosophy,
though they are all rich sources of counter-examples.

 

And theology should be about the consequences of believing, or not
believing, specific things that must be taken, or rejected, as articles of
faith because they cannot be established, or disestablished, by any other
means.  

 

What do current philosophers do?  I think they're arguing theology mostly.

 

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