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		rgrieselhuber on June 3, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why read Aristotle today? And that there is active discouragement to even read philosophy / metaphysics among much the mainstream science community.

timthorn on June 3, 2018 | [–]

And yet Science is the "new" name for Natural Philosophy. For example, The Cambridge Philosophical Society (http://cambridgephilosophicalsociety.org/) was founded in 1819 'for the purpose of promoting scientific inquiry'.

flattone on June 3, 2018 | [–]

Should MP be in same lot as philosophy?

MattSteelblade on June 3, 2018 | [–]

It's a branch of philosophy.

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