Hello, I really like the idea of a referral to an excellent book, or a even better, a specific chapter or short paper explaining an already solved problem. Its likely that a talented author has explain the idea or phenomenon more concisely then anyone on the list would have time to present.
Though, It is really nice when someone does all the work of reading, understand, and summarizing a subject or topic for you, its a bit of a burden to place on someone. It certainly should not be "expected", and when given should be received with gratitude. That being said, I'm wondering what are the active topics and open problems in philosophy, and where is progress being made, in the 21st century? **************************** Greg Sonnenfeld "Junior programmers create simple solutions to simple problems. Senior programmers create complex solutions to complex problems. Great programmers find simple solutions to complex problems. The code written by topnotch programmers may appear obvious, once it is finished, but it is vastly more difficult to create." On Sun, Jul 10, 2011 at 2:39 PM, Nicholas Thompson <nickthomp...@earthlink.net> wrote: > As I have said before, I don’t think go read the book is ever an appropriate > response. One can choose not to participate, one can suggest books to be > read, but I dislike the idea that one has to read the reading list before > one can post a question to the friam list. But you all already know that. > > > > N > > > > From: friam-boun...@redfish.com [mailto:friam-boun...@redfish.com] On Behalf > Of Robert Holmes > Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2011 11:44 AM > To: Owen Densmore > Cc: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group > > Subject: Re: [FRIAM] The Grand Design, Philosophy is Dead, and Hubris > > > > Owen—I'm afraid that scientists & engineers like us have occasionally got to > be on the receiving end of "go read the book" comments just as much as > non-scientists who want to know about vortex formation... > > > > The contemporary utilitarians who are writing about this stuff include > Judith Lichtenberg, Michalel Slote and Michael Stocker. Ones with a more > theoretical bent include Peter Railton, Samuel Scheffler and Shelly Kagan. > Google Scholar has links to their work. > > > > —R > > P.S. "The paradigm case of consequentialism is utilitarianism" > says http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/consequentialism/. You many need to > expand your search terms! > > > > On Sun, Jul 10, 2011 at 9:25 AM, Owen Densmore <o...@backspaces.net> wrote: > > <snip> > > Indeed, as far as I can tell .. and I have looked .. this form of thinking > is foreign to philosophers. > > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org > ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
