Quite true. Still, it's somewhat of a shame to me that it seems
to have become mostly abandoned in favor of the analytic. I
suppose the rise of the computer age propelled a stricter form
of philosophy with a more mathematical precision... but still, I
believe it unfortunately isolated Philosophy somewhat into its
own sector, somewhat disassociated from the world around it.
It'd be nice to see Philosophy rejoin society somewhat. That's
why I was very glad to see the conference the other day where
philosophers and theoretical physicists got together to discuss
the "future of science": It showed that philosophy _does_ indeed
remain viable for the issues-on-the-border of human knowledge,
able to help inform us of issues of forgotten importance. I
think that's where it's strong: Like* said: Perspective. It is
sorely needed in the fringes of the sciences right now and I'm
glad the discussion was opened up in a serious way now.
